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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KEN C HERRERA, post: 3280024, member: 17497&quot;]This is without doubt a reprint. The original was printed on what&#039;s known as rag paper, in fact the New York papers at the time were actually using British rag paper (made with linen not wood pulp) that was captured during the Civil War. Rag paper has little or no acid in it so the paper stays white and flexible for hundreds of years. I have papers from the 1700&#039;s that are still white and flexible because they were made from rags, not wood pulp which has a very high acidity level. This is what causes modern newspapers to turn yellow and brittle with age. How do you make paper from rags? The rags are washed by hand then placed in a closed vessel until they actually begin to rot. After the fiber in them is nearly destroyed they were pounded into pulp by using a hammer and mortar or by cylinder grinding in a circular wooden bowl. The pulp was then carefully spread into thin sheets of paper on drying racks. This is an overly-simplified explanation of a long process, if you want full details read this article:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-manufacture-of-paperpaper-made/#:~:text=A%20hundred%20years%20ago%20rags,of%20a%20circular%20wooden%20bowl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-manufacture-of-paperpaper-made/#:~:text=A%20hundred%20years%20ago%20rags,of%20a%20circular%20wooden%20bowl" rel="nofollow">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-manufacture-of-paperpaper-made/#:~:text=A hundred years ago rags,of a circular wooden bowl</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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