Was the Declaration of Independence written on paper made of marijuana?
The hemp plant is a very versatile plant, which can make many, many different things. It is used in shampoos, fabrics, drugs (such as marinol, medicinal marijuana and smokable marijuana), ropes, makes an alternative to fossil fuels when making fibers out of it as well. Paper is one material that it was widely used for back in the day because they could not back then create paper out of trees like we can today. The fabrics and paper that is created out of hemp is much greater quality than is made out of cotton, etc. and lasts longer, hence why the declaration still exists. And yes, it was written on paper made from hemp, the plant whose buds are known in slang as “marijuana”.
The source is odd, http://www.electricemperor.com/ but it makes sense. http://www.electricemperor.com/…/ECH02_03.HTM Until 1883, from 75-90% of all paper in the world was made with cannabis hemp fiber including paper for books, Bibles, maps, paper money, stocks and bonds, newspaper, etc. The Gutenberg Bible (15th Century); Pantagruel and the Herb Pantagruelion, Rabelais (16th Century); King James Bible (17th Century); Thomas Paine’s pamphlets, “The Rights of Man,” “Common Sense,” “The Age of Reason” (18th Century); the works of Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, Alexander Dumas, Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” (19th Century); and just about everything else was printed on hemp paper.
I think that it was written on hemp paper, yes. http://www.american.edu/TED/hemp.htm I can’t be bothered to go and search for heaps of sources, but yeah… This one says so, and ‘www.american.
Parchment (animal skin). From the source: Q. Is the original Declaration of Independence written on paper? A. No, the original was engrossed on parchment which is an animal skin specially treated with lime and stretched to create a strong, long-lasting writing support. Source: http://www.archives.gov/…/…ration_facts.
The primary reason why Thomas Jefferson and company wrote this document was to explain and announce the decision of the U.S. to be separated from Britain.
http://www.intelligentmag.com/when-was-the-declaration-of-independence-written-and-signed/
