Dunning, John Sanders Writing with dip pens frequently left more ink on a sheet than the paper could absorb. Writers sprinkled fine sand on top of a page to absorb the extra ink without smearing it. The sand could then be swept off the paper and back into the sander to be used again. Date approximated. The accompanying video describes the object. Historic Hope Plantation 14314 745 1790 1818 1790-1818 three dimensional object equipment Writing materials and instruments North Carolina Bertie County Hope Plantation (N.C.) History 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 Historic Hope Plantation Sanders Writing with dip pens frequently left more ink on a sheet than the paper could absorb. Writers sprinkled fine sand on top of a page to absorb the extra ink without smearing it. The sand could then be swept off the paper and back into the sander to be used again. Date approximated. The accompanying video describes the object. Writing materials and instruments--North Carolina--Bertie County 1790-1818 PhysicalObject equipment J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University 14314 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ Hope Plantation (N.C.)--History United States--North Carolina--Bertie County (N.C.) video videos local, filename 14314.0001 60323112 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 80ced2ce024cb5592c76464b41211d2a 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 14314.0002 59162508 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 6d2d0cbf51de29f055ac7a286ab2425c 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 14314.0003 59942832 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 90fc5c80b8c0550bbdf044d92622ae70 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 14314.0004 60155104 image/tiff 6.0 PRONOM PUID: fmt/10 little endian uncompressed MD5 be171fe27515a0157dee25f8d8d363b5 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