... I beg your pardon!! *** I *** wear a ruffled linen cap in the evenings in cooler weather! It's maroon with a white lace ruffle around the crown. Similar...
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Cathy Johnson
graphicart@...
Feb 13, 2000 3:39 am
... evenings in ... Quite ... No offense, guvnor! I only meant that if he didn't want to be recognized, ya know, he might should take off sommat so unusual......
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Jay Callaham
jay-callaham@...
Feb 13, 2000 3:03 am
Weren't pigskins used to make drum heads? Also, pork skins are great fried! Jay 4th Coy, Bde of Guards jay-callaham@... "If you do not receive...
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Jay Callaham
jay-callaham@...
Feb 13, 2000 3:05 am
... From: Deane Geiken <d_geiken@...> ... Got to watch his stuff on the Revolution. In that bok he also has serjeants in the British army worried about...
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Williams, Mike
MRWill@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:05 am
Yes Jay, I have seen you in it. But please keep in mind the rest of us mere mortals are not the fashion plate that you are. <B.G.> Mike Williams ... From: Jay...
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Williams, Mike
MRWill@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:08 am
Not to mention pig bladders to cover the tops of jars and bottles. Waterproof and flexible. Mike Williams ... From: Jay Callaham To: Revlist@onelist.com Sent:...
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Cathy Johnson
graphicart@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:07 am
Or what NOT to do when dealing with a muzzleloader.... July 2, 1752 The Pennsylvania Gazette ITEM #14507 July 2, 1752 The Pennsylvania Gazette PHILADELPHIA,...
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Cathy Johnson
graphicart@...
Feb 13, 2000 5:01 am
OOoh, this is an interesting one for anyone who finds the necessity for writing in the field. Sounds very similar to an 18th C. cardboard one I have, with...
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Bart Reynolds
bartiii@...
Feb 13, 2000 6:14 am
List, Soldiering and field expediency have always gone together. If you don't have exactly what you need then improvise. Troops have always been good at ...
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Bart Reynolds
bartiii@...
Feb 13, 2000 7:48 am
List, The Hessian officer corps created more than few problems with regard to their quarters both in how they comported themselves with regard to the occupants...
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Joseph & Christine
malruck@...
Feb 13, 2000 9:21 am
... Kate & List, A fascinating little vignette! For those unfamiliar with Wolfgang Haggan (also spelled Haga, Hagen and Hachen), he was one of many gunsmiths...
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Bart Reynolds
bartiii@...
Feb 13, 2000 1:10 pm
List, From the following letter sent by Major General Pattison to Captain Nisbitt it seems that when the Light Infantry of the Guards left their barracks in...
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Bart Reynolds
bartiii@...
Feb 13, 2000 1:28 pm
List, In this letter sent to the Superintendent of Police, Andrew Elliot, the alert actions of a Sergeant in the Guards are reported. Sergeant Crookshanks...
15062
dckiley11@...
Feb 13, 2000 2:11 pm
Dear Esteemed Liste, On the somewhat left-handed suggestion of John Maas I went out and purchased the above mentioned book by Roger Kennedy. Presumably, it...
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Sgt42RHR@...
Feb 13, 2000 3:44 pm
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glenn and georgeanne ...
gvalis@...
Feb 13, 2000 3:46 pm
... A couple of things are wrong with this method. One, you don't want the ball in your mouth. You might choke in combat. (and the paper needs to be on top...
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Sgt42RHR@...
Feb 13, 2000 3:49 pm
Kate, Does the PA Gazette contain runaway ads for free Black indentured servants and workers? John John Johnston 42d. Grenr. Compy....
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Cathy Johnson
graphicart@...
Feb 13, 2000 3:52 pm
Hi, John-- yes, I have come across a few--one of the men in my beards posts last night was black, but he belonged to someone. Next time I'm in the archives,...
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IVBNNJV@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:05 pm
In a message dated 02/12/2000 4:12:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, bartiii@... writes: << So the question remains as to who the Lieutenant Dow mentioned in ...
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Ron Carnegie
rcarnegie@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:14 pm
... Just a little nitpicking here, but you can not be free and indentured, they are contradictory terms. What you are looking for is runaway indentured blacks...
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Smithmdlt@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:27 pm
In a message dated 2/13/00 9:13:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, dckiley11@... writes: << The book is shaping up into an apology/excuse for Burr, and that...
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glenn and georgeanne ...
gvalis@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:35 pm
In reading the papers of William Livingstone, vol. 4 (governor of NJ), I found this footnote, page 219: The Alliance, a Maryland schooner of war, Captain John...
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Sgt42RHR@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:34 pm
Gentle List, Toward the end the war, and of Capt. John Peeble's diary (42d. Grenr. Compy.), he talks about having a Negro boy, in the context of a servant....
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Sgt42RHR@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:38 pm
Ron, Thanks for helping clarify to others what I meant. Yes, what I am looking for are ads describing runaway indentured Blacks, not runaway slaves. Thanks...
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Smithmdlt@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:40 pm
For those of you who do not have access to a copy of the Washington post you may want to check out the article on the above subject on line. Refer to the arts...
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John Seitz
JJSEITZ@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:44 pm
Dear List, It is fascinating to read the many advertisements posted from the Pennsylvania Gazette regarding run or escaped indentured or convict servants, etc....
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Cathy Johnson
graphicart@...
Feb 13, 2000 4:48 pm
John and esteemed list-- A good question and one I've been interested in for some time--I beg the list's indulgence, I just couldn't stop...but did, finally!...
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Bob Vogler
bvogler@...
Feb 13, 2000 5:24 pm
List- I have debated some time over sending this post ot the list since the wearing of beards seems tobe a "hot button" issue on the List. But here goes: At...
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Cathy Johnson
graphicart@...
Feb 13, 2000 5:30 pm
Hi, Bob! Thank you for the interesting addition to this ongoing discussion... ... And Bob and everyone--_please_ do not feel you shouldn't post on documentable...
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Ian33regt@...
Feb 13, 2000 5:31 pm
Esteemed List: Surgeon Mike Williams of the Detached Hosptal has worn a lace cap for years, and he is in no way different than any of the rest of us manly...
