It looks like you guys are having a great time so far at UTR. Man, I truly do miss it this year.... Rob Friar HM Sloop OTTER...
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Dana Twiss
danatwiss
Jul 1, 2007 1:13 pm
To add to the discussion, in my day job, I recently catalogued four or five British issue blankets that were aboard the HMS Boxer when it was captured. While...
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Harriettdrhm@...
phinney2002
Jul 1, 2007 2:40 pm
List; This is rum fine! a good discussion of blankets! So it would seem I need add but two blue stripes to my Smoke and Fire Blanket to make it 'kosher'. How...
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Harriettdrhm@...
phinney2002
Jul 1, 2007 5:35 pm
List; The discussion of blue stripes on the blanket brought a remembrance to me of a reference to blue stripes elsewhere. And now I have it: I toss it out for...
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Harriettdrhm@...
phinney2002
Jul 1, 2007 5:49 pm
List; Pardon the "Senoir Moment'. The Source for the Quatation is; 'What Clothes Reveal---" By Linbda Baumgarten Page #49 The Iconoclast ...
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Steve Rayner
raynersteve
Jul 1, 2007 6:20 pm
Hi Dana; Thanks for sharing the great information on these blankets. They were also among the examples studied by Robert Stone for his article. Thanks also for...
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Steve Rayner
raynersteve
Jul 1, 2007 6:34 pm
Dear 'Squire; You'll find the information you seek on 'de-farbing' the blanket in the Wayne Michael Daniels "Brigade Dispatch" article. I do not know how the...
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bdodgeweaver
Jul 1, 2007 9:56 pm
... the maker to take the extra work and time and money, to add the two stripes, 'just for fun ', espc for Army Contracts . . . The Iconoclast ... Dear...
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xxiipc@...
xxiipc
Jul 2, 2007 1:00 am
I seem to remember an inspection report on the 42d Regiment, which I believe was in Canada waiting to go back to England at the end of the AWI, stating that...
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battlehillbob
Jul 2, 2007 2:22 am
Hi List I have a few items for sale. This is nearly the end of my collection of items laying around. http://bob.sellingstuff.tripod.com/ Enjoy. Bob Fry...
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Jack Sherry
jckshrry
Jul 2, 2007 3:53 am
Mickey and Liste, For more information on the Loyalists, go to www.royalprovincial.com Jack ... ...
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Jim Brown
jbrown_14105
Jul 2, 2007 12:58 pm
Greetings List, I was at fort Ticonderoga for the big F & I event (do it every year) and it was asked of me to come to Saratoga in October for the "big Rev....
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ctoakes
clessontoakes
Jul 2, 2007 1:36 pm
<<<<<<<<<would appreciate any info about where I could get one. Once again, it is an L&R Queen Ann lock. Anyone point me in the right direction? Your Most...
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Chris E.
aardvark1956...
Jul 2, 2007 2:03 pm
http://www.old-crafts.com/ink/ink.htm Note also, the other subjects on this site in the left margin. Chris E Hampton, VA...
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Paul Cunningham
revwarsgt
Jul 2, 2007 4:15 pm
Greetings all, I'm looking for a picture/drawing of a regimental flag that was carried by the 13th continental regt at the battle of Pelham NY in Oct of...
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J. L. Bell on Revolut...
jno23x
Jul 2, 2007 4:39 pm
Here's a Canada Day (or Independence Day week) discussion of the American Loyalists from the NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE. I hope this link works, at least for a...
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Steve Rayner
raynersteve
Jul 2, 2007 6:06 pm
Hi Tim; Good to hear from you, sir. Indeed you are correct - there is such a reference, similar to what you mention. It was quoted by (IIRC) Phil Katcher, in...
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Jay Callaham
jay_coldstre...
Jul 2, 2007 6:52 pm
Just don't get it too close to a flame or spark! A couple of our guys were testing several different types of blankets for those of us who actually USE our...
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Bruce McNeal
mcneal.rm
Jul 2, 2007 7:03 pm
Ah, Smoke & Fire what? - Bruce...
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Patrick J O'Kelley
rgrokelley
Jul 2, 2007 7:19 pm
After dying a grisly death in an Afghan cave, Osama made his way to the pearly gates. There, he was greeted by George Washington. "How dare you attack the...
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Jack Sherry
jckshrry
Jul 2, 2007 8:13 pm
Jim, Go to the British Brigade's website at www.britishbrigade.org or to the 24th Regiment of Foot's website at www.24thfoot.org. Jack "Ben Franklin" ... ...
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Dan Gracia
twisted1in66
Jul 2, 2007 11:28 pm
LOL Bill, I have been in touch with Mike and he is sending me a flashguard for my L&R Queen Anne lock and also for my Traditions PA longrifle. Hope to have...
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umfspock87@...
umfspock87
Jul 3, 2007 1:07 am
Dear List ( especially Patrick ), I've been looking at the role of Virginia troops in some of the Carolina battles of 1779 to the end and I'm stumped by a...
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umfspock87@...
umfspock87
Jul 3, 2007 1:10 am
Sorry Everyone, I forgot to sign my last post. I re-pasted it below. Thanks, Mike Cecere _____________________________________________________ Dear List (...
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John Hornick
hornickw
Jul 3, 2007 1:20 am
Wife is slowly going nuts trying to correctly sew several of the correct characteristics into my long-awaited Regimental coat. Can anyone PLEASE help me to...
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Todd Post
secondvaregt
Jul 3, 2007 1:23 am
John, Try Henry Cooke's REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNIFORMS: CONSTRUCTION DETAILS & FINISHING TOUCHES. If you're a 1st Virginia Regiment member, I think Marshall Smith...
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James B
braveheart1191
Jul 3, 2007 2:09 am
I don't know where or when I heard this..but it "may" have some relevance. The pipes were rented to certain people and kept at the Tavern.When you wanted a...
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Joseph Malit
reichsritter
Jul 3, 2007 2:24 am
In German military fashion during this period, many regiments are shown with their hair dressed into VERTICAL side curls. When a corps adopts such a style, it...
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Bill Baldwin
wcflevers
Jul 3, 2007 2:40 am
Sic semper tyrannus ! ... the ... liberty, ... government ... Monroe, ... he ... gate ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Tom Vilardi
hm22ndregt
Jul 3, 2007 2:57 am
Heard the same thing and believe it's probably a more fiction than fact. Just finished reading "In the Heart of the Sea - the tragedy of the whaleship Essex"....
