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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Women in the British Army in America

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  Soldiers Cooking (1798), after Rowlandson [1]             Excellent research by Don Hagist on the role of women in the Br...
Monday, March 25, 2013

Captain John Outwater's Company of Militia, Bergen County, New Jersey

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Battoemen at the Battle of New Bridge, New Jersey War of the Outposts Battle of Paramus Church  Facebook:    Outwater's Co...
Friday, March 22, 2013

You asked, we answered: What did Revolutionary War soldiers have in their pockets- Smithsonian Blog Link

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Gansvoort Regimental National Museum of American History Blog: "You asked, we answered: What did Revolutionary War soldiers ha...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Tents: Procurement and Materials in the Continental Army

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Bunbury, British Camp, 1790 [1].          Recently, a friend sent me a link for a blog article  (excellent blog by the way) in which ...
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

The Disreputable Young Farrier's Underwaistcoat: A look at the levelling (or elevating) of outer and inner garments, Part II.

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A farrier of questionable integrity in stable jacket/sleeved  waistcoat and breeches.  I suppose if it was a bit colder,  this could...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Stable Jacket or Underwaistcoat? A look at the levelling (or elevating) of outer and inner garments, Part I.

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The jacket, worn by the lowest of the low: Sailors and Stablehands, objects of scorn and derision. [1]             The sleeved wais...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Southern Powder Horns...scrimshaw and carving?

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Mayo Island Horn, c. 1774 [1]      Powderhorns of confirmed southern colonial provenance seem to be rare, and rather plain, or of the ...
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