Dutchman

so here is the dilemma. is there any written documentation of straw tricorns? i know we had straw hats so that's not even up for debate, but i'm wondering about tricorn.

ok, ok, it looks like capt. jim, but what does the hat look like?

hey mates,

pulled this picture from another thread. looking at the hat on the right, I have a question- and I'm sorry we are going here. what does the hat appear to be made of in the painting? the artist has clearly made the hat on the left look old and "Soft" with wonderful shadowing. The hat on the right has held its tricorn shape, but what about the horizontal brush streaks. Based on the hat on the left, the artist knows how to do a hat. regarding the right side hat, based on the color and horizontal stripes may this be a cursed straw tricorn?

....... well then pack yer seabag!

history is often written by the winners and noone EVER exaggerates to sell a story.

if history is written well after the fact by participants, it often becomes skewed. look at the john smith journals of the chesapeake bay exploration. written years later after illness, alcohol, and time, surviving participants of the journey wondered if they were on the same trip at times.

information may be found to be not recorded or transcribed properly. then "I think" jumps in and someone on the net posts it, gives their impression and it is taken as gospel.

I digress, this horse has been beaten, kicked, hung back out and run over more than once.

Swashbuckler, I might suggest you ask folks for places to look for references and search them out. one turned stone may lead to another that may not be as common. plus, you never know what may be found that is completely irrelevant to your original query but starts a whole new chapter.

how the heck had i missed this? the stick the sailor is carrying may be used to beat ropes into round when they are made. lets look at history for a second.

one of the issues of the boston massacre was that british sailors and militia were coming ashore and moonlighting at loyalist factories, specifically at the many rope walks in boston. how better to ensure no rebels were working for you than to employ soldiers and sailors. tensions rose after an incident at a rope walk. either a soldier heckled a rebel worker or viceverse- i don't remember which off hand.tensions rose and the rest is history.

so the sticks used at ropewalks- when the ropes are made occasionally an extra warp ends up in the lines and makes an uneven bump. to fix these while they are still on the rope walk you can beat the imperfection flat into the rope. with around 30 rope walks active in boston at the time, these sticks would have been everywhere. note- i'm calling it ROPE,its still at the factory. now back to our regularly scheduled thread.

welcome aboard. a few of us are from virginia as well. have yer pop keep the first weekend in june free and join us at the hampton blackbeard festival. family friendly pirate festival.

it looks like a market stall. at the time there was a tax for vendors on tent steaks in the ground. the trick was to make your vendors stall free standing. i've seen one or two at marketfairs or colonial williamsburg, but you're right no where near enough varieties of sales stalls out there. of course, the nut that takes his own buildings to living history events is saying its easy to do...... so take it with a grain of salt.

ah i forgot about that thread. thanks mission! First hand accounts are great!

During one of our many conversations with Kevin Duffus on the last days of Black Beard, the topic of Christmas on the island for the survivors of the battle came up. Obviously, the captured pirates had little to look forward to but how about Maynards crew? I'll have to dig for it, but somewhere I ran across a description of spirits, song and prayer on board a R.N. vessel, maybe gun fire but i don't remember for certain. Heck, I don't even remember which journal i found it in. maybe teonge? Has anyone run across any other descriptions of festivities aboard ship for other religs or national holidays durring the period?

big ed's a-watchin and smilin mate. well done!

i'm a bit confused over the above quote from mr. laverys book. Having not read his book, nor knowing his sources i'd have to question it. if the above is true then why a variety of sloops during the GAoP..

we need to define the design differences (not construction locations) between the following colonial era ships, which all shared common waters at the same time. a bermuda sloop, a jamaican sloop, and a virginia sloop.

then, might we be able to find actual primary source references to their frequency in various ports?

well done!

the braveheart group were a celt group of some fasion at war with the romans across the way from them. they are normally a viking group but decided to switch out this year. the WW1 group are a ball. their neighbors are the doughnut dollies and often win the reenactors choice award.

WAIT WAIT WAIT! there seems to be a problem with the side bar math. Says she's 48- she's 25 again!

aye, the comments heard in my corner were grand! Jamestown staff would walk by and ask each other when they got the new building. Reenactors came in from the complete opposite end of the park because they were told they had to see what the "crazy #!$(@%$" down by the fort had done. Others would walk by and just stare then say " why did we even come, who brings an entire building to events".

It was great watching people gears turn as we explained how we had pulled off one aspect or another and figuring how they could add to their own presentations.

Tis that time of year again. My beloved Madam Grace has made it for another trip around the sun (her 25th again says she!) Now if we can just get her to remember her password and start posting. She was on the pub so long ago most of us here didnt even know it existed yet!

I found this passage in the following document;

http://www.asdk12.or...E%20PASSAGE.pdf

Dr. Claxton’s ship, the Young Hero, was one of those delayed for weeks before reaching the trade winds. “We were so streightened for provisions,” he testified, “that if we had been ten more days at sea, we must either have eaten the slaves that died, or have made the living slaves walk the plank,” a term, he explained, that was widely used by Guinea captains.

The condensed version: slaver in 1780's was becalmed and the captain/owner? Dr. Claxton makes reference to sending slaves to walk the plank. I've searched for the entire document of his journals (or maybe a court proceeding since "he testified") and they don't seem to be on line. has anyone ever run across the journal in its entirety? While it certainly does not prove that pirates made prisoners walk the plank, this would indicate it was, and had been, done for quite a while. I wonder if there is a description or explination of exactly what walking the plank entailed in the journal?

tickets will be available soon. i can only recall the ball selling out once and that was a low estimate of attendees by the sponsor- we tried to tell them though.........

i have an old suit of sails i'll send him. if we are going to upset the apple cart lets do it right.

I'm just as giddy as can be. The budget is good to go for what we need.... give or take a bit......

A major addition to the Foundation will be present this year so stand by for a HUGE announcement over the next two weeks!

ahoy hawkyns,

unfortunately this years budget has already been submitted for visiting crews. The city insurance for this event does not allow spectators to play with gunpowder and unfortunately anyone who is not under contract is considered a spectator.

Now, on the other side of the coin.... we do have a couple of period vendors spots we are looking to fill. Visit the festival site, download the vendors application and mail it in. As yours will be a new application you will be asked to send pictures and a list of goods you sell. Disregard it. We have seen your- hell, we have bought your goodies- you are fine.

PM coming to you as well

ahoy thighbighter,

can ye give me or grace a jingle. we need a favor regarding the guns of hampton.