Dunning, John Inkwell Upperclass life in the 1800s involved a lot of writing since letters were the only way to communicate with faraway friends and family. Plantation records, contracts, and agreements were all handwritten. People sometimes kept track of day-to-day events in personal journals. The majority of this writing was still done with ink and quill pens. Inkwells held the liquid ink. This inkwell is rather fanciful and was likely expensive demonstrating the Stone's level of wealth. Date approximated. The accompanying video describes the writing culture in the late 17th and early 18th centuries and the objects. Historic Hope Plantation 14311 745 1775 1818 1775-1818 three dimensional object equipment Hope Plantation (N.C.) History Inkwells North Carolina Bertie County United States North Carolina Bertie County (N.C.) This item has been made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Researchers are responsible for using these materials in accordance with Title 17 of the United States Code and any other applicable statutes. If you are the creator or copyright holder of this item and would like it removed, please contact us at als_digitalcollections@ecu.edu. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ North Carolina History and Fiction Collection encdl Artifacts encdlartifacts Historic Hope Plantation hhp Social and Family Life sfl Historic Hope Plantation Inkwell Upperclass life in the 1800s involved a lot of writing since letters were the only way to communicate with faraway friends and family. Plantation records, contracts, and agreements were all handwritten. People sometimes kept track of day-to-day events in personal journals. The majority of this writing was still done with ink and quill pens. Inkwells held the liquid ink. This inkwell is rather fanciful and was likely expensive demonstrating the Stone's level of wealth. Date approximated. The accompanying video describes the writing culture in the late 17th and early 18th centuries and the objects. Hope Plantation (N.C.)--History 1775-1818 PhysicalObject equipment J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University 14311 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ Inkwells--North Carolina--Bertie County United States--North Carolina--Bertie County (N.C.) video videos local, filename 14311.0001 84073164 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 5c0207523ca90043fefde7bc03fd62f7 ecu:digital_collections 3872 2592 RGB mm mm 20110210 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 14311.0002 85627644 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 873dfcd90b7f07fa89e1b9385f85b7df ecu:digital_collections 3872 2592 RGB mm mm 20110210 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 14311.0003 84642528 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 378ecbfa6ce11526da21e690e521a78d ecu:digital_collections 3872 2592 RGB mm mm 20110210 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal local, filename 14311.0004 86447192 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 7ee3db4d6fadc17e506bd8fe26f05fbc ecu:digital_collections 3872 2592 RGB mm mm 20110210 Digital Collections Nikon D200 D200 Adobe Photoshop 10.0.1 object plane in. 300 1 300 1 8 integer 3 internal null md5 True