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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Battle of Poltava, 27 June 1709

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 Karl and Mazepa at Poltava by Gustav Olaf Cederström   Mazepa changed sides, supporting Karl upon learning that Peter intended to hand...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Battle of Nu'uanu, 1795

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Kamehameha I routes Oahu's forces at Nu'uanu Pali (Cliff),  Battle of Nu'uanu by Herb Kawanui Kane  [1] In 1897, excavators c...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

O-Why-Hee, in the Sandwich Islands

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Map of the Hawaiian Islands, depicting Cook's explorations, by Rigobert Bond [1]          Being sent by my government on an expedi...
Friday, June 1, 2012

A Completed Coat: Keep your shillings in your pockets, not on them...

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The Completed Coat and Weskit      So I've been working on a new civilian coat in the last few weeks since I traded by last one to a...
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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Pocket Tackle Box, Pawpaw, and Wild Blackberries

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Pocket Tackle Box:  a half-hour's work.         Headed out to the creek for a trial run of the pocket tackle box.    I made these ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Chatham Manor, Stafford County Virginia

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    Garden gate on the north wall. Spent Sunday at Chatham, in Falmouth, with my wife and children.  Chatham Manor's garde...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

May 10, 1775: Ticonderoga Taken By Storm!

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 The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga, engraving after Alonzo Chappel[1]              "...[I]... ordered the commander, Capt. De la P...