Re: MessageFrom: Doug Jones <chimera1@...> ..... I have done an internet search and ... refer you to www.berol.co.uk/pen which gives a history of the...
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Chris Wattie
cwattie@...
Nov 1, 2000 11:33 pm
... I beg to differ. Seems to me there's quite a bit of evidence that metal nibs were in use well before 1812-14, although perhaps not steel and of course only...
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Larry Lozon
lalozon@...
Nov 1, 2000 11:42 pm
re:Message From: Chris Wattie <cwattie@...> I beg to differ. Why nit-pick over how many nibs can dance on the head of a quill? ... Cause, to quote...
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David Bennett
ebclemson@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:59 am
Regarding the current discussion if Steel Nibs were generally used or not, please find below some extracts from American Newspapers....
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Chris Wattie
cwattie@...
Nov 2, 2000 3:00 am
Wow! Great stuff ... lots of useful things in those lists. Thanks for the info...
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Larry Lozon
lalozon@...
Nov 2, 2000 3:21 am
re: Message From: David Bennett <ebclemson@...> Regarding the current discussion if Steel Nibs were generally used or not, please find below some...
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dancingbobd@...
Nov 2, 2000 6:09 am
Hi Dave, Larry, and everyone, I have to put in my two cents worth. To me it seems that what your should use depends on what you portray. Enlisted are...
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Raymond Hobbs
ray.hobbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:28 pm
But how many 'enlisted men' could read or write? The growth of literacy, the development of compulsory education, became a feature of British life after...
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Larry Lozon
lalozon@...
Nov 2, 2000 3:29 pm
re: Message From: Raymond Hobbs <ray.hobbs@...> Fitzgibbon, who could read ... joined ... - acting sergeant at 19, ... commissioned ,,, adjutant in...
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Roger Fuller
fullerfamily@...
Nov 2, 2000 4:24 pm
... were encouraged to learn to read and write, and that opportunities were provided by the regiments ... Ray, that's a good question, and one that has been...
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Larry Lozon
lalozon@...
Nov 2, 2000 4:32 pm
re: Message From: Roger Fuller <fullerfamily@...> ... by the number of memoirs of 95th Other Ranks, one must say that they were more literate than...
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mmathews@...
Nov 2, 2000 4:56 pm
(snip) ... And this begs the question, would you find more literate men among the militia than the regular military? On both sides of the border? Not being ...
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Roger Fuller
fullerfamily@...
Nov 2, 2000 5:39 pm
... Absolutely, at least in Britain! The smart ones, who didn't want to die in a Spanish (or tropical, or American) hellhole, or stay in the regular army until...
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JimYaworsky Chairperson
the41stregt@...
Nov 2, 2000 7:55 pm
... Jim adds: Shadrach Byfield was illiterate. His memoirs were, like several of the Riflemen Roger Fuller listed, dictated decades after the War to a member ...
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IX Regiment
ixreg@...
Nov 2, 2000 8:06 pm
In message <001a01c044e9$9e31b3a0$6746d63f@hp-customer>, Roger Fuller <fullerfamily@...> writes ... I realise that Private Wheeler wasn't in the...
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Louise Simcoe
louisesimcoe@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:38 pm
I am looking for informatiom on firemen and firefighting eqpt of the 1812s and were to find this info. Every other occupation seems to be covered but this one....
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Larry Lozon
lalozon@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:53 pm
Louise: 1.) Welcome to the 1812 eGroup. 2.) At an event held every year near Springfield Ohio and known as "The Faire at New Boston", there are a group of men...
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Louise Simcoe
louisesimcoe@...
Nov 2, 2000 10:33 pm
That was fast Larry. It is Louie's hobby (fire fighting & equipment) but I found it vary interesting to because, I did not see any thing to do with fire...
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Raymond Hobbs
ray.hobbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 10:36 pm
Louise: If you go to the Archive of the e-Group site 'Warof1812' (i.e. this one) you will find this topic was discussed earlier in the year. The archive is...
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Dave&Monica Bosse
monga589@...
Nov 2, 2000 11:39 pm
Being a Fireman and A love of History. In early America the first "Full Time" Fire Department was FDNY around 1840. up until the it was Volunteer compainies or...
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MAXINE TROTTIER
maxitrot@...
Nov 2, 2000 11:41 pm
The fire buckets on HMS Tecumseth are round-bottomed. It really did make me want to not use them for anything at all except what they were meant for. Max ...
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Louise Simcoe
louisesimcoe@...
Nov 3, 2000 12:27 am
Thanks Dave. For your own interest check out http://fox.nstn.ca/~snearing/1700.html and http://fox.nstn.ca/~snearing/1800.html Thanks again for your reply ...
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Col Sjt Jones
chimera1@...
Nov 3, 2000 1:55 am
Larry - I do believe that the correct French phrase should be "n'est ce pas". Doug...
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mike dollinger
SMOKINGIRON@...
Nov 3, 2000 3:32 am
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Bateman, Andrew
abateman@...
Nov 3, 2000 12:25 pm
... No, I'm sure it's Nescafé. Andrew [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Stephen Allie
allies@...
Nov 3, 2000 5:25 pm
Does anybody have any information on the following hatmaker? G. Fairbanks, Boston Mass. We have a Chapeau in our collection by this maker that we would like to...
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NUNEZ, DARREN D
dnunez1@...
Nov 3, 2000 6:59 pm
Hi, I'm new to the group and have recently been recruited into the Battalion d'Orleans in New Orleans. We portray a carabiner unit under Plauche's command...
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HQ93rd@...
Nov 4, 2000 12:25 am
In a message dated 11/2/00 9:01:32 AM, mmathews@... writes: << And this begs the question, would you find more literate men among the militia...
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JESSE PUDWELL
SGTPUDGLI@...
Nov 4, 2000 1:40 am
Mike, What kind of Brass Work did you have in mind?? Sgt Pud ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private,...
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mike dollinger
SMOKINGIRON@...
Nov 4, 2000 4:16 am
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