Class 8: Treatment Options
Before and After

1727 petition to Governor Dummer of Massachusetts, before treatment. A well-meaning but misguided person applied self-adhesive tape to both sides of the document in an attempt to mend tears and stabilize it overall. Self-adhesive tapes should never be applied to materials of lasting value.

Courtesy of Massachusetts Archives

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