Iron Jon

^ Currently using my almost sharp objects for some woodworking projects.

< Is in the market for a few new whetstones.

v Pass the question.

It may be a cotton rope.

Natural fiber ropes are usually either manila or sisal. Synthetic ropes like poly or nylon shouldn't be used for a period tent. Manila is the standard for rope, it hold knots well, doesn't stretch much, and is a bit stronger than sisal. The sisal is cheaper, but it's very coarse and doesn't look as "nice".

That's the one.

I picked it up on DVD a little while ago and finally got a chance to watch it again. It's still a pretty fun pirate action movie even though it flopped at the box office.

I've been remiss in my posting...

"Can't trust women - even when they're dead!"

I cheated and copy and pasted it in. It would take me a week to type all that.

Check out the book yourself on http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

just type in privateer.

You might be interested in this one -

A MANUAL

OF THE

OPERATIONS OF SURGERY

FOR THE USE OF

SENIOR STUDENTS, HOUSE SURGEONS, AND

JUNIOR PRACTITIONERS.

ILLUSTRATED.

Nothing on surgical instruments but it had this list of medicines purchased for the Privateer sloop Revenge. It looks like you're going to have to build yourself a bigger medicine chest Mission!

John Tweedy’s Bill for Medicines. November 8, 1743.[1]

Newport, Novr. 8th, 1743.

Capt. John Freebody and Capt. Ben Norton in Co., Drs.

To Sundrys for the Privateer Sloop Revenge, Capt. James Allen Com'r, Nicholas Holmes Chirurgeon, Viz.457

Aq. Menth. Fort. 3½ pts. £1. 8. 0

Cinnamoni 1½ pts. 0. 9. 0

Foenicl. d. 1 Bott. 0. 4. 6

Theriacal 1 Do. 0. 9. 0

Vitae 1 Do. 1.16. 0

Sp. Sal. Volat. oleos. 6 oz. 0.15. 0

Armoniac 8 oz. 0.16. 0

Nitri dulc. 4 oz. 0.10. 0

Salis dulc. 4 oz. 0.12. 0

Vin. Rectif. 3½ pts.[2] 1. 8. 0

Elixr. Proprietatis, 20 oz. 3. 0. 0

Vitriol 3 oz. 0. 9. 0

Essent. Stomatical 34 oz. 5. 4. 0

Tinct. Castor. 3½ oz. 0. 8. 3

Bezoartic 1 pt. 2. 8. 0

Euphorbii 4 oz.[3] 1.12. 0

Bals. Copivi 6 oz. 0.12. 0

Peru. 2 oz. 2. 8. 0

Sulph. Tereb. 1¼ oz. 0. 5. 0

Syr. Papaver Diacodii 4 pts. 5 oz. 2.11. 9

Croci 2 pts. 5½ oz. 2. 7. 0

Limonum 2 pts. 1 oz.[4] 1. 4. 0

Oleum Hyperic. 3¾ oz. 0. 6. 0

Lini 3 pts. 0.13. 6

Succini 2 oz. 0. 8. 0

Juniper. 2 oz. 0.12. 0

Terebinth 3¾ pts. 0.15. 0

Olivarum 3¾ pts. 1. 2. 6

Anis. 2 oz. 0.12. 0

Amygd. dulc. 4 oz. 0.12. 0

Mel Rosarum 1¾ Pts. 1. 1. 0

Commun. 4 pts. 0.16. 0

Tamarindae 4.[5] 0.16. 0458

Theriac. Andromach, 2 pts.[6] 2. 8. 9

Cons. Rosar. rubr. 1¾ pts. 1. 1. 0

Linimt. Arni. 1 pt. 0.16. 0

Ungt. Dialth. 1 pt. 0. 8. 0

Populion, 1 pt. 0.12. 0

Basilicon 1 pt. 1.12. 0

Alb. Camphor. 1 pt. 0. 8. 0

Sal Absinth. 2 oz. 0. 6. 0

Card. Benedict. 1 oz. 0. 8. 0

Prunel. 8 oz.[7] 0. 8. 0

Sp. Vitriol 5 oz. 0.10. 0

Elixr. Vitae 6¼ oz. 2.10. 0

Philon. Roman. 6 oz. 0. 9. 0

Diascordium 1 pt. 0.16. 0

Pulv. Ling. Dracon. 1 oz. 0. 5. 0

Gum Tragacanth 2 oz. 0. 4. 0

Bez. Miner 1½ oz.[8] 0.16. 0

Emplast. Diachylon c' G. 1 lb. 0.16. 0

Oxycroceum 1½ lbs. 0. 8. 0

Defensiv. 2 lbs. 1.12. 0

Paracels. 1 lb. 0.16. 0

Epispastic 1 lb. 1. 4. 0

Diapalm. 1 lb. 0. 6. 0

Stomach. Mag. 2 lbs. 2. 8. 0

Melilot. 1 lb.[9] 0. 6. 0

Verjus 6 pts. [?] 0. 4. 6459

Flor. Chamomel ¾ lb. 0.16. 6

Absinth. 1 pt. 0. 5. 0

Rad. Gentian. 1 lb. 0. 8. 0

Liquorit. 2 lbs. 1. 0. 0

Bardan. 4 oz. 0. 6. 0

Rhei Pulv. 6 oz. 11. 5. 0

Lign. Guejac. 1 lb.[10] 0. 1. 6

Ocul. cancr. praept. 6 oz. 0.15. 0

Coral. rubr. praept. 4 oz. 0.12. 0

Croc. Orient. 1 oz. 1. 5. 0

Cinnab. Antimo. ½ oz. 0. 4. 0

Conch. praept. 1 lb. 2. 0. 0

Pulv. Jalap. 8 oz. 2. 0. 0

Ipecacuanh. 6 oz. 1.16. 0

Pil. Ruffi 3 oz. 1. 4. 0

Catholicon 1 oz.[11] 0. 8. 0

Tereb. Venet. 2¾ pts. 1. 7. 6

Argent. Viv. 8 oz. 1.10. 0

Antimo. Crud. ½ lb. 0. 2. 6

Succ. Glyzyrrhiz. 1 pt. 0.14. 0

Rad. Sarsaparil. 3 lbs. 1. 4. 0

Hyssop. ½ lb. 0. 2. 6

Centaur. Minor. ½ lb. 0.12. 0

Extract Cass. Fistul. 2¼ pts.[12] 1.16. 0

a Pewter Glyst. Syringe 5. 0. 0

Skines No. 4 1. 0. 0

Tartar. Vitriolat. 1 oz. 0. 4. 0

Sal Armo. 4 oz. 0. 6. 0

Flor. Rosar. Rubr. ½ pt. 2.17. 0

Crem. Tart. Part. Pulv. 1.10. 0

Resin. Jalap. 2 oz. 2. 8. 0

Dulc. Gutt. Gamb. 1 oz. 0. 5. 0

Sponge 2 oz. 0. 8. 0

Cantharides 1 oz. 1. 4. 0

Vitriol. Roman. 1 oz. 0. 1. 3460

Flores Sulphur. ½ pt. 0. 3. 0

Alum. Crud. ½ lb.[13] 0. 1. 0

Bacc. Juniper. 2 pts. 0.10. 0

Resin Comun. 4 lbs. 0. 3. 0

Lap. Calamin. praept. 1 oz. 0. 1. 0

Sach. Saturn. 2 oz. 0. 8. 0

Cinnamom 6 oz. 1. 2. 6

Cubebs 1 lb. 1. 4. 0

Zinziber ½ lb. 0. 1. 0

Empl. de Ranis [cum Mercurio] ½ lb. 0.12. 0

Rad. Serpent. Virg. 11 oz.[14] 0. 8. 3

Myrrh. Pulv. 1¼ oz. 0. 6. 3

Ol. Rorismarin. ½ oz. 0. 8. 0

Lavend. 3¾ oz. 2. 5. 6

Sem. Sinapios 2 lbs. 0.10. 0

Cinnabar factit. 1 oz. 0. 5. 0

Lith. Aur. praept. 1 lb. 0.12. 0

Acetum 3 pts. 0. 3. 0

Pulv. Scamo. 1 oz.[15] 0.10. 0

Lap. Tutiae praept. 2 oz. 0. 8. 0

Senna 1 oz. 0. 2. 6

Rad. Chinae ½ lb. 1. 0. 0

1 Sett Weights 0. 7. 0

Conf. Alkerm. 2 oz. 0.12. 0

Hyacinth. 2 oz. 1. 4. 0

Tinct. Myrrh. 9 oz. 1. 4. 0

Syr. Rhei 6 oz[16] 0.15. 0

6 Square Bottles 1. 1. 0

4 qt. Bott. 0. 5. 0

4 Blue and white pots 0.14. 0

Tow 1. 5. 0

Vials and pots, 1 Doz. 0. 8. 0461

6 Doz. Corks large and small 0. 6. 6

Ras. Corn. Cerv. 6 oz.[17] 0. 6. 0

a Box 0. 8. 0

a Broken Red and Do. White Skin 0. 7. 0

a Mortar and Pestle 1.13. 0

an Iron Laddie 0. 7. 0

a Stone Coffee Pot 0.10. 0

————

130. 2. 9

Newport June 14, 1744.

Recd. the full Contents per John Tweedy.

[1] So the document is endorsed. Massachusetts Historical Society. The list may be taken as showing a typical outfit of medical and surgical supplies for a privateer. The symbols used in the manuscript for pounds, ounces, and pints are here replaced in print by the usual abbreviations, lbs., oz., pts.

[2] Spirits of mint, of cinnamon, of sweet fennel-seeds, of treacle, aqua vitae, spirits of ammoniacal volatile oil, of sal ammoniac, dulcified spirits of nitre and of sal ammoniac, rectified spirits of wine.

[3] Elixir of propriety, of vitriol, stomach essence, tincture of castor, bezoartic tincture, tincture of euphorbia. For the wonderful properties of the bezoar-stone (really a concretion found in the intestines of the wild goat, or, sometimes, a coprolite) and its derivatives, see Eggleston, Transit of Civilization, pp. 64-66, 90-91.

[4] Balsam of Copaiba, Peruvian balsam, terebinthated balsam of sulphur, syrup of poppy (= diacodium), syrup of saffron, lemon juice.

[5] Oil of St. John's wort, linseed oil, oil of amber, of juniper, of turpentine, olive oil, oil of anise, sweet almond oil, rose honey, ordinary honey, tamarinds.

[6] Theriaca Andromachi, Venice treacle, a remedy which had long been highly esteemed, and which comprised 61 ingredients, according to the Pharmacopeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Londinensis (London, 1747), s.v. See also Eggleston, Transit, p. 63.

[7] Conserve of red roses, arnica liniment, ointment of marshmallow root, of poplar-buds, basilicon ointment, ointment of white camphor, salt of wormwood, salts of the blessed thistle, sal-prunella.

[8] Spirits of vitriol, elixir vitae, confection of opium, diascordium, powdered dragon's blood, gum tragacanth, the mineral bezoar.

[9] Plaster of diachylon and gum (c. G. = cum gummi), of saffron and vinegar, defensive plaster, plaster of Paracelsus, blistering plaster, diapalma plaster, compound laudanum plaster, melilot plaster. The term "emplastrum Paracelsi", so the librarian of the Surgeon-General's Office informs me, is not given as such in the older medical dictionaries, and was probably not a current term; but in vol. II. of Robert James's Dictionary of Medicine (London, 1745), extended reference is made to a plaster compounded of ammoniac, galbanum, opopanax, turpentine, litharge, and many other ingredients, described as "extolled to the skies by Paracelsus", and this may be the one which Tweedy here lists.

[10] Verjuice, chamomile flowers, wormwood, gentian root, liquorice root, burdock root, rhubarb root, lignum vitae.

[11] Prepared crabs'-eyes (= Gascoin's powder), prepared red coral, Oriental saffron, sulphide of antimony, prepared shells, powdered jalap root, powdered ipecacuanha, pills of aloes and myrrh, catholicon (i.e., good for what ails you) pills.

[12] Venice turpentine, quicksilver, crude antimony, liquorice juice, sarsaparilla root, hyssop, lesser centaury, extract of cassia fistula.

[13] Vitriolated tartar, sal ammoniac, red rose petals, powdered cream of tartar, resin of jalap, dulcified gamboge-resin, sponge, cantharides, blue vitriol, flowers of sulphur, crude alum.

[14] Juniper-berries, common resin, calcined carbonate of zinc, sugar of lead (sugar of Saturn), cinnamon, cubebs, ginger, plaster of powdered frogs and mercury ("Emplastrum de Ranis cum Mercurio", see Eggleston, op. cit., pp. 57, 58, 85), Virginian snakeroot.

[15] Powdered myrrh, oil of rosemary, oil of lavender, mustard-seed, sulphide of mercury, prepared goldstone (yellow topaz?), vinegar, powdered scammony.

[16] Tutty (zinc oxide), senna, china-root, confection of alkermes (see Eggleston, pp. 86-87), confection of hyacinth, tincture of myrrh, syrup of rhubarb.

[17] Filings of hartshorn.

I believe that the Providence was taken by pirates en-route from Falmouth to Virginia and was later recaptured a privateer vessel and brought to Boston. The sea chests inventoried may have belonged to sailors from Boston returning home with gifts for their families.

I found an interesting inventory of a common seaman's chest while reading Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period - Illustrative Documents.

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Inventory of the Providence. May 5, 1673.

An Inventory of the goods and things taken into the custody of Mr. Nathaniel Fryer that came in the Shipp Providence of Falmouth, of which shipp Mr. Henry King was Mate in a voyage from England to Virgenia but now Master.

What in 3 Chests (of the Seamens)

No. 1.

4 horse whips

1 weo. coat

3 doz. thread laces

2 pa. childrens hose

1 grose brest buttons

1 p'ce diaper tape

3 pocket paper bookes

2 whisks

1 band

1 silke neck cloath

1 demity wastcoat

1 old shirt

2 yards striped linnon

6 yards Stuffe

1 p'ce kersie

1 coat

1 pa. briches

3 forestaffs and vaines

No. 2.

1 lookeing glass

1 doz. pa. white worsted hose for men

1 brass old trumpett

5 shirts

3 pa. drawers foule

1 pa. fine gloves

2 stuffe coates

1 pa. briches, wast coat, and Jacket

1 wast coat and Jacket more

1 pa. new and 3 pa. old shooes

1 pa. yarne stockings

5 neckcloaths

2 pa. hose

1 pa. linnon sleeves

2 napkins, and severall other small things.

No. 3.

1 peece fine broad cloath

6 yards ½ branch and Streaked stuffe

6 coates for men

1 stuffe pa. briches and dublet

3 pa. cloath briches

1 old dublet

1 girles petticoat

2 pa. Irish stockings

3 pa. childrens hose

1 woe. boddy of a gowne

1 pewter candlestick and socket

5 boyes hatts

17 yards blue linnon

one perriwig

2 white tiffeny hoods

2 pa. gloves

12 yards stuffe in 2 p'ces

3 bands 1 laced

5 yards searge

2 pa. sleeves

2 small p'ces diaper filleting

4 yards ¼ searge

1 gr. and 11 doz. buttons

4 yards striped stuffe

3 doz. thread laces

6 yards shalloune

a parcell of thread about ½ ld.

1 childes silke cap and a little parcell of silke and severall other small things.

Here's a better view of the actual device:

You think you could clean and sterilize the instrument before taking a picture of it. Or at least a quick rise in some Rum to get rid of that excess brain matter inside!

Happy Birthday Mary !!!

Hope your day was wonderful!

Since we were both off tonight we also celebrated Paula's birthday today, even though it isn't until Saturday the 26th.

Saving Private Ryan

Forgive my ignorance but what exactly does a Letter of Marque allow you to do at a Renaissance Festival? And why would some other pirate group care how you came about getting it? You're all supposed to be pirates, or privateers in this case, after all !

No the chamber pot hat would look more like a Bowler !!

Iron Jon would look great in this hat.....

Bump  for I J

GoF

I don't think I'll be making or wearing one of those anytime soon!

I was hoping for something that looked like this (without the chinstrap though!), which is much earlier than our period.

That's not what I pictured it to be at all!

I was hoping for something that looked more like a hornpipe or a pillbox hat or some type of leather skull cap that a common worker would use... not some cowboy sailor.

I guess I'll get me a new hat blank and make another cocked hat or maybe just leave it as a wide brimmed hat this time.

I found this interesting article on sea bags and ditty bags -

http://www.frayedknotarts.com/files/dittybagbox.html

Aye, that be the one Captain.

It's all yours...

GoF

You wouldn't happen to have any pictures of the leather caps referred to in the Admiralty Contracts? Or even better yet a supplier???

I think I want to go for something other than another tricorn this year and I think that the knitted caps would be a little to warm for my area.

Yeah, well. The dude abides!

Here's mine -

"There's no way on earth we're going to get out of here tonight. We'd have more luck playing pickup sticks with our butt-cheeks than we will getting a flight out of here before daybreak."

Sound's like something from The Big Libowski.

Here's the inside of one of the wigs. Actually they were pretty 'cool' to wear too; not being as heavy as a regular full wig. The bandanna worked double as a sweatband.

You can still wear your favorite hat without having to buy a bigger size too!

A lot of kids talking about the American Civil War.... well, all save one who is talking about pixieland???

After reading the previous page of this thread I'm stuck with this song running through my head over and over!

O, I wish I was in the land of cotton

Old times there are not forgotten

Look away! Look away!

Look away! Pixieland.

Maybe the kid was talking about the Civil War after all...

Unfortunately I'm not allowed long hair at my job so I had to make up something to fit in at PiP. I picked up a human hair 'weft' on eBay for about $10 and made up these wigs for myself. The color match, although not gray enough, was pretty close to my real hair. You can see one of them on me in my profile pictures.

I figured that this is a good thread to post this in...

A glass of Beija-Flor cachaca on top of a handful of key lime wedges muddled with sugar and some cruched ice...

Many thanks to everyone for the birthday greetings!

My day was great, plenty of food and drink, and I had all 5 of my kids together with me for the first time in years.

Thanks again!!