Making an old book about Jamestown, need suggestions

My kids have been learning about Jamestown.  I was going to have them do a presentation, but I thought they could make an old book with the written narrations they have been doing, sort of like an old storybook.  I am going to make the book cover out of cardboard and cover it with burlap.  We are going to get paper, stain it with tea (to look old) and wrinkle it a little to give that antiquish feel.  I would like for them to write with an ink bottle and feather pen.  Any suggestions, we have lots of turkey feathers, but what to use or buy for the ink?