Hello: The workshops on 18th century subjects seem very interesting. I only wish they were held at a more convenient time on a more convenient day so that ...
Good morning folks, I received a phone call from a Kristine at the Sparhawk School group in Salisbury, MA. yesterday. This is a private school that is during a...
Good evening, This coming Wednesday, the Golden Ball Tavern in Weston, MA will be holding the final program in its four workshop series on gentry fashions and...
Today is the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Nathan Hale, the Knowlton's Ranger from Coventry Connecticut who was captured in New York in 1776. He is a...
There is a new tourism video featuring several clips of historic events and sites around Massachusetts: See http://www.bostonmavideo.com/category.aspx?CatID=1...
I think this has all the makings of a great event - SK ... From: Allan Joyner [mailto:allan.joyner@...] Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 4:28 PM To: Sean...
Mrs. Tipsy Ne'erdowell, late of Newbury, MA, and a new widow, seeks a new betrothed to enter into matrimony at the Golden Ball Tavern on the 18th instant. The...
Ms. Spector, I feel I must step forward and object to this so called advertisement for a wedding. Corporal DaRu of the Lexington Training Band, is quite...
My Dear Mr Cain, Oh joy, oh rapture!! How I had feared that my new son-in-law had been lost to the bullet of a redcoat musket. Mr Cain, how relieved I am of...
Dear List, My wife took some pictures of the actions at Newbury this year. I put a small selection on our web site. But do not have a location to put the rest...
Hi Everyone - I've started work on my waistcoat, and noticed that the pattern calls for horsehair canvas for use as interfacing. Not only do I have no idea ...
Genuine woven horsehair is difficult to find and expensive. We have difficulty laying hands on the modest amount we need for our neck stocks. So, I would...
In today's Globe (June 15), an article about the dye employed for scarlet. See http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/06/15/the_lady_and_red/ for the...
Greetings (and sorry for the crosspost) Just a reminder of the Festival of Musick at the Golden Ball Tavern in Weston, MA, this Saturday June 18 from 12-5pm...
Wow, I'd like to know where to get this book! Dave ... scarlet. ... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2005/06/15/the_lady_and_red/ for the on-line...
Greetings! For thoes of us who care; the 'front flap' thingee, where fore a man produces his pizzle for 'ect' is called a BALLOP according to John Jamiesons...
I stopped by the Concord Public Library yesterday and saw that it's selling miniature editions of Jeremy Lister's and Amos Barrett's accounts of the battle...
The Memorial Day Committee of Fitzwilliam, NH will have as its theme the Rev. War in 2006. We are seeking reenactors (a unit or individuals) who might want to...
For folks not already committed to be out in the sun tomorrow, the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington has a fairly interesting display on the legend...
Dear JL & Liste, You wrote: For folks not already committed to be out in the sun tomorrow, the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington has a fairly...
... That's certainly true for the N. C. Wyeth painting of farmers at Concord Bridge, one of them wielding a broadsword. No sense of the disciplined formation...
Hello Everyone: The Memorial Day Committee of Fitzwilliam, NH will have as its theme the Rev. War in 2006. We are seeking reenactors who want to spend a...
I ran across this abstract while looking for something else, and thought it might interest some medically-minded folk. It's a paper from 2001 suggesting that...
Okay triviaheads question was raised the other night: Practically everything we do socially is rooted in a pratical application somewhere long ago now lost in...
My understanding, though I could be way off on this, is that it was to spill a little of your drink into your mates and visa versa to show it wasn't poisoned....
Some of you are familiar with Arthur's extensive library and these are mostly militaria and shooters stuff. Because many of them are large (heavy) anyone who...
