Of Sorts for Provincials

A few material culture oriented blog links worth checking out: Continental Currency One-Sixth of a Dollar 1776 “Fugio Note,” Spelled “...

An 18th century pewter basin from the Brooklyn Museum collection   https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/803/Basin ...

Cuttoe Knives: A material culture study  by Steve Rayner and Jim Mullins Trade card of John Cargill, instrument maker at the Saw a...

Time Smoking a Picture, William Hogart via the MET As any author will tell you, there are always a few minor (and at times not so minor) ...

One of the items that frequently pops up in interwebz discussions is a hatchet/tomahawk cover or case.  In the 18th century, it seems to h...

I recently saw this excellent graphic linked on a message board and thought it was worth sharing (thanks to Bob Sherman in SC for posting i...

"Poff Home, Salem, Virginia" Better known as Fort Lewis Mansion .   Colonial Era artifacts from the Fort Lewis site excav...