William Brand

I wonder if his particular 'green frog' be of some poisonous or hallucinogenic nature in addition to the active and praiseworthy opium. There is many a time when I would have taken opium and frog while waiting for a dentist appointment that was a week out or more.

Blackbeard would have understood.

Point away from face.

My brother was almost crushed to death by the pressing crowd at a 'They Might Be Giants' concert. I had to fight my way into the press to save him. He was still recovering hours later. Nasty way to die.

Sometimes the place itself is enough, alone or with company, like a campfire. Mesmerizing in simplicity, like a campfire.

8:25 AM. The lights are all on. Tracy is cooking bacon. I've set up a camera and video recorder. Christmas music is streaming on the computer. Candles are lit. Presents are all out. The kids are still asleep...? A very Merry Christmas to all of you.

Thank you for sharing pictures and video from the events. It looks like a good time was had by all.

A very Happy Holidays to the fine crew of the Mercury. May the coming year be plentiful in drink, food, company and good fortune.

Thank you, everyone. I appreciate all of the well wishes. It was a marvelous birthday. Tracy surprised me with a carefree night out on the town, dinner, the theater and some amazing presents. And that was only Friday night. I spent the next day at a second party that went late into the night. One of the best birthdays that I can remember.

Aye, a very happy birthday to all my fellow December born pirates.

The Verse In Numbers 2.0 is complete and available for download at: http://pics.fireflyprops.net/TVIN-2.0.pdf

DAY 25: Just missed the posting time by 1 minute! This is an unknown, tiny book plate map of Virginia in 1702. I did two of them to a page, since it's so small. 1702-VirginiaMap.pdf

Here are three together, and all of them are published statistics concerning death (but for the marriages listed on one). They are often referred to as 'Bills of Mortality'. The one from 1665 is specifically sobering, as it touches on the many deaths from the plague. DAY 22: 1665 - A Table of Funerals (8.5" x 14" with a 1/4 inch off each side) DAY 23: 1743 - A General Bill of all the Christenings and Burials (8.5" x 11" with a half inch off the top and bottom) DAY 24: 1758 - Diseases and Casualties (two copies on an 8.5" x 11" with crop marks) 1665-ATableoftheFunerals.pdf 1743-AGeneralBill.pdf 1758-DiseasesAndCasualties.pdf

DAY 21: Another Herman Moll map, but a little further down the coast. 1736. Carolina. 1736-Carolina.jpg.pdf

DAY 20: Another map to catch me up. This one is by the Geographer/Cartographer Moll. Moll was a contemporary of the period, but I don't know that date of this one. It's set up on an 11" x 17" and a 5/8ths of an inch should be taken off of the sides. Moll-NewEngland.pdf

DAY 19: Another period political piece out of the Massachusetts Colony. Print on 8.5" x 11" and take three quarters of the right and left side and a quarter inch off the top and bottom. 1680-AtTheConvention.pdf

DAY 18: I'm catching up from three crazy days. This first piece is a great full color map of Martinique in 1681 at 15.5" x 19". 1681-Martinique.pdf

Very sharp, and a fine day for riding. The weather here was so mild that it felt like mid July all day and into the night. Tracy and I just came back from 5 different back to back events with the children. We had a wonderful evening and it's the first time I've worn my Quartermaster kit to anything other than a period event.

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Newest Garb.....please excuse phone camra pictures....

DAY 17: The Louvre! I nice little diagram from 1714 placed on a letter sized sheet. Print at size and take a half inch off all sides. 1714-Louvre.pdf

DAY 16: Today's addition is a map of Dui, India. It's late for the period, but it's a very clean drawing for the time. It's placed on an 8.5" x 11" and a quarter inch should be trimmed off the top and bottom of the map, and a half inch off of both sides to make it the size of the original. 1746-Dui_India.pdf

DAY 15: Today's contribution is another map. This is a great piece from 1704 that shows all of the streets of Valencia, Spain by forcing the perspective of the buildings. I've set it up at size (27.5" x 18.5") but it will 'fit to page' comfortably when printed on an 11" x 17" sheet. 1704-ValenciaSpain.pdf

DAY FOURTEEN: 1692 - Upon Sight of Londons Stately New Buildings I found this one quite by accident this morning while searching for something else. The image was not set to size, so I placed it on 8.5" x 11" and trimmed as you see fit. 1672-UponSightofLondons.pdf