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In Deliciae Physico-Mathematicae ( a 1636 magazine ), German inventor Daniel Schwenter described a pen made from two quills.

One quill served as a reservoir for ink inside the other quill.

The ink was sealed inside the quill with cork.

Ink was squeezed through a small hole to the writing point.

Noted Maryland historian Hester Dorsey Richardson ( 1862 – 1933 ) documented a reference to " three silver fountain pens, worth 15 shillings " in England during the reign of Charles II, ca.

1649-1685.

She also found a 1734 notation made by Robert Morris the elder in the ledger of the expenses of Robert Morris the younger, who was at the time in Philadelphia, for " one fountain pen ".