An Online Magazine

This site is an online magazine about everyday life in the 1700's. Each issue will come out on a bimonthly basis. Your editor has been active in reenacting and experimental archeology since 1975. He does lectures and presentations on a variety of subjects of this period.

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Featured Site

Mt Independence. Directly opposite Ft. Ticonderoga this virtually undisturbed site was the home to several thousand Continental troops.

Cooking

Recipes, utensils, and techniques from the 18th century. This issue two dishes from just north of my home.

Feature

Paying the troops in the American Revolution was a little different from today.

BookReviews     

Reviews of both new books and reprints of old books dealing with this period, with suggested sources. This issue we have a review of a work of fiction dealing with the mid 18th century. New is an annotated listing of some of my favorite cookbooks.

Letters

Herrick's Regiment

New recruiting information.

Your Editor and You

About you. Who makes up the readership? Also the same old information about me.

Archives

Material from previous issues available here.

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