Capt. Sterling

"Damnation," Sterling thought to himself. This was certainly not what he had anticipated nor hoped for. He went to his wife's side, rain soaked handkerchief offered in assistance. "My apologies Chere," he whispered pulling her back into his safe keeping. "Come lets return to my cabin. We shall be fine there. You have my word, as soon as the rest passes, I shall bring you back to shore."

The eye of the storm had finally captured the seas surrounding the Archangel. As the winds died and the waves stilled, the sun slowly came to peek through the dissipating clouds. Sterling had quickly made his rounds, listening to damage reports and thanking God that with the first onslaught past, the ship had held her own and done so well. He made his way to look in upon the actress and found her sleeping restlessly, Dr. Reiley making his own damage report regarding his patient. Sterling listened intently, asking the doctor to continue to do his best and to send for him when Lilly woke. “I’d best be having a look at your shoulder as well,” Reiley remarked. “Later,” Sterling replied and then made his way to his cabin. After the initial shock of finding his wife attired in his own clothes, and then allowing his laughter to fade, he took Aurore by the hand and led her up on deck. The calmness of the seas and the beauty of the Eye, were breath taking to him. “See Chere,” he whispered to her, one arm placed protectively and comfortingly around her shoulders. “Tis it not a wonderful thing to behold?”

Aye brilliant indeed, Bess! As lovely as ever

How about Pyrates: Reel World VS. Real World.... or otherwise known as Where to get your bucketboots and earrings? I'm wondering if you'll draw in more of a crowd, not just the nautical types, with something like, how to research your time frame... I just can't say how many newbie reenactors there might be that would be interested in this or if a lot of folks would think themselves already knowledgeable in this area...

Any idea which of these fabrics are period? I am leaning towards some of the striped cottons for bandanas, but I'd rather stay period than fashionable. Go check out the neckscarf thread over in Captain Twill that should help you out a lot!

ok, now I'm confused. "cotton" meaning the weave/nap of a wool fabric vs. "cotton" from the genus gossypium. The "cottons" refered to in ASC are the former. The "cottons" sold at Period Fabrics are the later, as are the "calicos" mentioned during GAoP. right? the term cotton can be meant to read woollens where as Calicoes seems to be more in line with fabric made from the plant...

Careful about basing ideals on Hollywood's twist on historically correct... although they may often make the claim that they have made their garments period correct that is sometimes all it amounts to...just a claim....

As for several woollen sources try Hamilton Dry Goods, William Booth Draper, and B. Black & Sons...

"Calico: Cotton cloth of many grades and varieties first made in India and later in the West. Seventeenth-century American references probably pertain to Indian calicoes: Edward Wharton's Salem inventory, 1677/78, lists "2 calico painted table cloathes" along with shirts and plain tablecloths (Dow, Every Day Life, p.265). An unusual 1684 use of white calico in Boston for bed curtains and chair covers reads: "2 pr. white Calico Curtianes, Valients, tester Clothes and 6 covers for Chaires." Numerous entries for garments made of calico are found in the 1695/96 inventory of Margrita van Varick- nightgowns, neckcloths, aprons, quilted waistcoats, both white and flowered petticoats, handkerchiefs, and "clouts." Montgomery. pge. 184-5

Also according to Montgomery (pages 263-264): "Indian Goods Anglo-Indian commerce in textiles began with the founding of the East India Company in 1600. This trade has been comprehensively discussed by John Irwin in Irwin and Schwartz, Studies in Indo-European Textile History. Of the trade in Indian goods Macpherson says: It was about this time (1670) that the wear of the flimsy muslins from India was first introduced into England: before which time our more natural and usual wear was cambrics, Silesia lawns, and such kind of fine flaxen linens, from Flanders and Germany, in return for our woollen manufactures of various kinds, exported to these countries in very considerable quantities. [2:540] During the last quarter of the seventeenth century, English weavers protested the stream of imported Indian goods which they considered detrimental to their own manufactures. Typical of the complaints is one published in 1678: Instead of Green Sey that was wont to be used for Childrens Frocks, is now used Painted, and Indian-stained, and Striped Calico; and instead of a Perpetuana or a Shalloon to Lyne Mens Coats with, is used sometimes a Glazened Calico, which in the whole is not above tweleve pence cheaper, and abundantly worse. For either Perpetuana or Shalloon will wear out two Coats, or when it hath worn out one Coat, it will serve for one use or other afterwards for children. [Ancient Trades Decayed, Repaired Again, p.16] Long lists of Indian imports were published in pamphlets, among them "A Particular of the Silks... which came from the East-India.... with the Rates at which they were sold at the late Sale at the East-India House" (Kress, S2180); "An Extract from the Dutch Printed Cargoes of the several Sorts of Goods Following, By them Imported from the East-Indies between the Years 1686 and 1696 Inclusive, Viz. Silks, or goods mixed therewith, Callicoes and other Goods Painted, Stained, Printed or Coloured There" Sorts of Silks and Callicoes usually imported from the East-Indies, Persia and China, Prohibited to be used in England, by the Bill Entituled, An Act for Restraining the Wearing of all Wrought Silks, Bengals, Dyed, Printed or Stained Callicoes" (Kress, S2200)... Despite legislation prohibiting the sale, use, and wear of printed calicoes, they could be brought to England for reexport, and many other kinds of Indian textiles were manufactured on order for markets in North Africa, and the slave plantations fo the West Indies. This trade, including to the American plantations is described in Trade Goods by Alice B. Beer.

The term cotton can be tricky regarding the GAoP period... According to Florence Montogomery's Textiles in America 1650-1870, Cotton can mean the following: "A term used to designate certain woolen cloths from at least the fifteenth century, so one must be cautious in reading the term. Wadsworth and Mann suggested that "the explanation of the use of the word cotton may lie in the fact that it had also the sense of nap or down, and the process of raising the nap of woollen cloths was called 'cottoning' or 'frizing" (p.g16) At the end of the sixteenth century, Manchester was "eminent for its woollen cloth or Manchester cottons" (Daniels, p. 71) An act of 1609 concerned "kendals and other coarse things of the like nature and made of the like coarse wool and differing in name only, called cogware, coarse cottons and carptmeals," and in 1620, exports to Europe "included woollen goods like Manchester, Welsh and 'northern' cottons, 'linsey wolseys and kerseys...." (Wadsworth and Mann pp. 16n, 21). Page 206

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As of this writing, our ensemble cast will all be returning in 2007: Heroic Pirates Tom Charney as Captain Joe Cotton David Gregory as Rum Davey Kimberly Chavez as Scuttle Sally Dastardly Military Rick Cleveringa as General Lester Orchitis Richard Gilbert as Lieutenant Keloid Chris Last as Capt. Freddie Hauptmann We will have an additional two castmembers performing principal fights and I will be casting for the role of Governor Washington. Dean Calin Port Washington Pirate Festival So then what exactly would you like from our crew? How might we be of the best service to you and your event?

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"Aye," Sterling sighed. "I can certainly understand yer position." He paused, raking drenched hair back out of his eyes once again. "I will consider takin ye both on as crew. My men will testify that we run a fair ship here, and if ye work hard, and with a bit of luck, ye can do well for yerselves. Once the storm passes, I will see what I can do to bring ye about to the La Maligna, if not, I shall let ye chose yer path to be sent back to port or stay on board. In the meantime, ye can stay put here, as my... guests. Unfortunately the supper will be a cold one tonight. Now ye must forgive me, I must take my leave and return to attending to my ship and crew."

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