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It is a common urban legend that the constitution was written on hemp, but not true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Constitution_hemp_paper_hoax https://en.

• LightG 5y ago
  I heard the original one was rolled and smoked, so they had to start again. Hence the current constitution.
• wcchandler 5y ago
  Right. Which is why I don't fully believe my late grandfather. However, it would be nice to know if the strain I have has a direct lineage of the hemp grown during the Colony days.
  • bitxbitxbitcoin 5y ago
    The paper mentions that the Colonies first started growing European hemp varieties but by the mid 1800s had largely switched to (more recently) Chinese origin hemp varieties. I hope your grandfather's seeds are original Colony day seeds and you get to find out some day for a low cost but based on this paper, chances are that it isn't :(.