National Treasure

It is a priceless ink well... 200 years old. (before the tea party)

Take good care of it.

Yes, I will not deface it. (like trying to put ink into it)

I am going to educate the world about its true meaning...

It is an inkwell made for a ship...

It is perhaps the greatest inkwell of all time... The articles penned there were the foundations of our constitution.

I would think you all would like to see a picture of this inkwell (coming soon) some history first

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Machias


There are reasons why I cannot tell you the whole story of this event... Locations are still secret.

BTW I think the liberty pole stories are true! I believe in them.

I think a lot of our constitutional precepts were written on the open sea...

I have no idea how old this is, I just know I found it about 5 yards from a 200 year old ship that had been burned to the waterline in and abouts the Machias area...

The star seems to date it but the numbers appear more modern. I wasn't there but this seems very old. It seems, as I said, made to sit nicely in a ship without sliding around. Perhaps it was left in haste. Or maybe it is a doorstop or something mundane but it seems to be stained with ink... I like to think it was part of the contents of this ship perhaps belonging to either a British commander or a colonialist.

Maybe it literally changed hands and fashioned a nation.