| Parchment Declaration of Independence - Unframed. Genuine parchment facsimile of the Declaration of Independence. Genuine parchment (or vellum) is made from the skin of animals such as sheep, goats, cows, and even deer. The original declaration may have been written on deerskin but more likely it is calfskin. Sheep and goatskins are not large enough. There's a good chance that the parchment for the original Declaration was made in England. The words of the Declaration are mostly from the hand of Thomas Jefferson but the final draft was probably... - Parchment Declaration of Independence - Unframed. |