Monday, November 13, 2017

Georgia Continentals recruited in Virginia, or Crackers in linen kilts

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At the beginning of the American Revolution, Georgia found itself poorly equipped to wage war, and a small and impoverished population di...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Some brief notes on Ethnic Dress in Colonial America

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  ethnic 1 a : of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, natio...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

New publication: The Cromwell Collection

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I recently perused a copy of noted researcher and collector Giles Cromwell's new book: The Cromwell Collection: Virginia Weapons a...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

An account of Shoe repairs; apparently for the 8th Virginia Regiment ca. 1776

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An interesting account listing shoes, as well as shoe and moccasin ("To Soleing one pair of Mongesons") repairs was recently s...
Monday, March 13, 2017

1777 Dunmore County Volunteers equipment appraisals

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In the fall of 1777, volunteer companies from several Virginia counties formed and elected their officers in preparation for a relief mi...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

George Washington buys mail order Assault weapons in 1774 without a background check

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As tensions mounted between the citizens of Virginia and Royal Governor  Dunmore , the Governor dissolved the House of Burgesses which...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

18th Century Dog names

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A Hound, a Spaniel and a Pug by Hayman 1734 I enjoy Eighteenth-century  hunting...