Esteemed List, The following is an extract from an article appearing in "The Times" on 22 January 1999:- "Green Howards ask American rebels for their silver...
Anthony Harris
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Feb 8, 1999 8:28 pm
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Dear Liste- I'll take this opportunity for a re-introduction. I'm David Snyder, I have been a re-enactor with HM 64th Regiment of Foot for 23 years. I hold the...
snyde006@xx.xxxx.xxx
Feb 8, 1999 7:54 pm
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I was looking at a picture that I set as my desktop today (which I nicked from the old Revliste web site - the one of the men fencing) and I noticed that...
Zach Nall
rnall@xxxxxx.xxxx
Feb 8, 1999 7:39 pm
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Now that we are all ensconced on the new server (we are, aren't we?), it might be a good opportunity for those of us who have mind to, to introduce (or...
John White
avlonfrg@xxxx.xxxx
Feb 8, 1999 8:39 pm
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... Rick - Please share your tailoring abilities and prices with the list. My reenacting group has a few new members who may be interested. John White, Avalon...
John White
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Feb 8, 1999 8:41 pm
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In a copy of the BAR Courier last year there was a good article about camp kettles and bags. Mr. Rees clearly documented that such things as kettle bags...
Ray Cassell
rvc@xxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Feb 8, 1999 6:04 pm
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It First Maryland took the brunt of the damage - and became the first troops to use the bayonet against the Brits. Yes there is a site - its mine. Check it...
Zach Nall
rnall@xxxxxx.xxxx
Feb 8, 1999 4:04 pm
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Liste, I have a question for all those Naval types out there. I understand that there was a complex system of distributing prize money from captured ships...
Steven Sandford
SSandford@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Feb 8, 1999 3:27 pm
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Could you imagine traviling back in time to 18th century life? Last week, I was trying to imagine living back then. I was tailoring some clothing and...
RBal534564@xxx.xxx
Feb 8, 1999 2:52 pm
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If there is anyone out there with interest in a brief history of rope, go to Mystic Seaport's web page at ...
John White
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Feb 8, 1999 5:01 am
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Steuben writes about Gaskins' Virginia Battalion in 1781: "To equip the 645 men now present would require 523 half shirts, 491 shirts, 311 overalls, 596 pairs...
W. Scott Smith
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Feb 7, 1999 11:52 pm
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Hi list, A couple of questions which have been on my mind lately... 1) I know that there have various and sundry castremetation discussions over the past few...
Kerry DeLorey
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Feb 7, 1999 11:30 pm
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(Sending to both lists, as Patrick appearsto be having difficulties...) Dear Patrick & List(s) -- <<< Name one mini series on TV that has EVER been accurate....
John Seitz
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Feb 7, 1999 9:40 pm
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... Sir - Try A. I. Root Co. at http://www.airoot.com/ If this doesn't give you what you want, just try your brouser. There are probably many more out there....
John White
avlonfrg@xxxx.xxxx
Feb 8, 1999 12:28 am
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From my quick reading of it, the "woolen boots" are something other than the "Negro shoes". I've confronted this cloth [often "Penniston"] "boots" term in...
John White
avlonfrg@xxxx.xxxx
Feb 7, 1999 11:58 pm
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I believe I saw that book for sale at a store in NJ. Check this website: http://onmilitarymatters.com RNS "Winterfeldt.....He was my friend!" Visit the...
Robert Sulentic
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Feb 7, 1999 6:32 pm
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Chris, I'm sorry to say that the book in question is out of print but you might try Don Hagist, who has been very helpful in locating out of print books. The...
A. B. Reynolds III
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Feb 7, 1999 5:47 pm
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Hi Chuck; The cocks listed are just the plate that holds the mechanism of the watch together. During our time period they were so ornate that they were keep...
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cwalla19@xxxxxx.xxxxx...
Feb 7, 1999 4:12 pm
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Fred while I have no doubts that at some time in the murky past natives wore buckskin shirts,are you sure you want to do that? I can almost picture it now:...
Jeff Powers
kestrel@xxxxx.xxxx
Feb 7, 1999 3:12 pm
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Bart, I just got back from a trip and read your excerpt from Wood's Journal. Any idea where I can get my hands on a copy? Thanks! -Sjt. Chris Ward 4th Bttn....
Ward, Chris
CWard@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Feb 7, 1999 1:05 pm
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List, I would like to direct your attention to the above listed Issues of AIA. There is a very interesting article about a Mid to Late 18th Cent painted ...
LOYCONFED@xxx.xxx
Feb 7, 1999 3:08 am
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... All of the above? My guess is that the "correspondent" was referring to the fantastical hairstyles, but it could have been any or all. I just thought it...
Jay Callaham
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Feb 7, 1999 1:06 am
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... No problem at all getting to it, Jim. EXCELLENT site. Very well done. I look forward to seeing it completed. Your friend and humble servant, Ellis M....
Ellis Delahoy
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Feb 7, 1999 12:31 am
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Dear esteemed list/lists-- just received from an Australian bookstore _Paul and Thomas Sandby_ by Luke Hermann, after Roy Najecke's terrific page on...
graphicart@xxxx.xxxxx...
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Feb 6, 1999 7:18 pm
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OOoo, Jay, what a wonderful post! What do you suppose they meant by the women's headdresses? The fantastical fashion in which they wore their hair, a hat that...
graphicart@xxxx.xxxxx...
graphicart@xxxx.xxxxx...
Feb 6, 1999 5:20 am
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Test. Here's a goody for your trouble: "The Middlesex Journal, and Evening Advertiser" London, Tuesday, March 26 to Thursday, March 28, 1776 London, Wednesday,...
Jay Callaham
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Feb 6, 1999 4:33 am
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List, I would like to know what some people think on the list if: The British Army would have sent detachments of say 5 men for each company at Detroit and...
Captain DePeyster's C...
depeyster@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Feb 6, 1999 4:19 am
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The inquiry below gives me an opportunity to make a shameless plug for the selection of period cookbooks that I have for sale, listed below. See my web site -...
Don N. Hagist
dhagist@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Feb 6, 1999 12:43 am
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http://www.faszination.ch/t_alt_e.htm...
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Feb 5, 1999 6:47 pm
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A few collections of interest are availiable at: http://www.antique-watch.com/idx/keys.html Perhaps some interested person could buy one of these collections...
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