December 1780 - 30th -General Benedict Arnold's troops arrives in Hampton Roads, anchored near Newport News. This force includes the 80th Regiment under...
Howdy, ... In this orderly book the paroles pretty much tell a story of current events. For example after Saratoga the parole was "Saratoga" with the...
First I wish to say Happy New Year to you all. Following up on our recent discussion of spectacles: I found the following that may be of interest to some,...
Salut, and first of all: A very happy, healthy and successful New Year 2006 to each and everyone on this lis. Another example of what Patrick wrote from the...
Hello, Of course there is other coincedence that the counter sign is St John. Making a coincidence between the Spanish word and the Saint. It might still be...
Tim Not only does this portrait justify the style of spectacles, but it appears to give the OK to any period reenactors who want to wear a doo-rag <vbg>. -- ...
... Loyalist officer, Jeremiah French. ... Jay et al (nobody else can read this, just jay and al), Oddly enough, we just received a message from a descendent...
This website includes information about early music, including 18th century music. Also of interest at this website are 18th Century Women's Head Coverings....
Ron and all This is what the OED says....most of which has been covered already but ill repost...dont yell at me A female saint. App. ad. L. sancta, with...
Greetings and a Happy New Year to All; That's a very interesting question, Patrick; I came across a reference to "Xmass" recently and that made me wonder... I...
The family of Maj. Henry Livingston, Jr., of the 3rd NY, claim it was he and not Moore who wrote The Night Before Christmas. I have looked into this a number...
Howdy, ... Other entries within that week all dealt with the fighting around Savannah. Savannah would fall at the end of December. Here are some other...
... Simcoe's account of the Saunder's troop at Georgetown. ... true. ... Carolina ... Marion sent ... on a ... to ... Queen's ... around ... from ... and let ...
Does anyone know where i can obtain a pattern for a civilian frock coat similar to the one in Don Trioni's "Soldiers in America" p. 53 of a Lexington militia...
Oh yes it is. Besides, there are other primary accounts, besides Simcoe's. Try some of the testimonials written by other Loyalists of their war experiences,...
Howdy back, Patrick; Aha! ... How 'bout this? 'Santa' as a variant of 'Santee' as in Santee river? If the Santee Native people or their river were named by a...
Howdy, ... I got my information from two guys who were there, Horry and William Dobein James. Always go with a primary source. Simcoe also mentions it, page...
Howdy, ... Nah, the Santee folks were named by the Santee folks. There are variations of the Santee Indians name, they are also called Zantee, Seretee,...
... To: Beth Shopp Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Christmas Gift Hi Gabi, People can dress 18th Century if they wish; our family is...
Because........ The boss said so ? It was the Army and they wanted it that way ? ... earth ... reason why; ours is not to make reply - - - (ooops - wrong war) ...
On behalf of the Barracks, Thanks to all the reenactors who made it to Trenton even though it was New Year's Eve. Not having enough men to field both...
Dear List, I know that most of our attention has swung to Cowpens, but I wanted to share some primary accounts of Benedict Arnold's raid up the James River in...
Thank you very much Todd! I really appreciate your looking into your files. This information is very useful. We have a good to excellent handle on the ADCs for...
Patrick O'Kelley wrote" <<>The family of Maj. Henry Livingston, Jr., of the 3rd NY, claim it was he ... Sounds like a good story. What evidence is there?...
Ron, Henry Cooke (hcooke4@...) has a workmans jacket pattern from the Conn. Historical Society that I have worn now for the last year. Also, the JP Ryan...
Gary, This is as interesting as it is little known. I have some QR questions for you or anyone else whom may "be in the know"? Of interest to me is how were...
Check out Sotheby's (sothebys.com)> a sale called 'The Dealer's Eye'> Browse catalogue> Items 127 & 128. Two large dummyboards of about 1750 depicting...
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