Of Sorts for Provincials

Information on 18th century American firearms, the Virginia back country and related material culture.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Morgan Morgan, Indian Spy and travelling man....

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Morgan Morgan, son of Nathanial Morgan (a fellow who just wasn't always very creative in naming his children) served in quite a few plac...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Reproducing the Hunting shirt- the quick and dirty version

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First, this image to the left is *NOT* a hunting shirt- and is fit for wear over clothes while on the dung heap or a waggon. It is made ...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

The Self sufficiency myth...or what was in a frontier store?

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A frequent topic amongst those obsessed with backcountry history is the availability or lack thereof of European manufactured material goo...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Moccasins and Shoe packs

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"Their Shoes,when they wear any are made of an entire piece of Buck-Skin;except when they sow a piece to the bottom, to thicken the Soa...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Dutch blankets

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Dock Scene by Abraham Jansz Begeyn ca. 1662 "But to return to our subject: no time was lost; we struck whilst the iron was ho...
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