When researching and writing Edgar Allan Poe & the London Monster which is set primarily in 1840 and includes letters written from 1788 - 1790, the actual process of putting pen to paper is important to consider. Being left-handed, I struggle with a modern fountain pen, dragging my hand and sleeve through the ink, so it's difficult for me to imagine being able to write very legibly with a fountain pen or, more impossibly, a quill pen. But the accoutrements required for writi