Does anybody know what the meal consisted of that had been prepared for President Madison and the U.S. officers for their expected victory over the British at...
Yeah..... we have the 1839 gate slated for destruction... who needs history, as long as vehicles can get in. 'Course there won't be any history to worry...
In a message dated 7/9/2008 9:52:56 AM Central Daylight Time, d_squared6@... writes: It's that kind of planning that leads to limits on artillery firing...
In a letter to Minerva Rodgers, Dolley offers her a demijohn of "pure wine saved from the P——s House the morning of its destruction" Other than that, I...
I know there was Port, Vice Adm. Cockburn described it as 'super excellent'. **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music ...
In a message dated 7/9/2008 1:44:29 PM Central Daylight Time, BritcomHMP@... writes: I know there was Port, Vice Adm. Cockburn described it as 'super...
Best I can do on the meal so far is cold cuts (Walter Lord, The Dawn's Early Light) **************Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live...
Mark, Paul Jennings, who was one of the Madison's household servants, wrote that he had ale, cider and wine sitting in coolers for a party of 40. Glieg, though...
Can someone tell me how many and what size buttons I will need for a 1813 inf . coat? Thanks! Pvt.T Muller 1st reg. [Non-text portions of this message have...
Ted, The coat requires 36 large and 2 small. The small buttons are used for fastening the epaulets to the collar. Of the 36 buttons only 10 are functional....
... This means plugging the button through the face fabric and securing with a piece of linen or scrap wool pushed through the shank. ... I've been doing this...
Jim, Staying buttons is pretty universal. The design purpose is to augment the laced or false button holes. This creates the effect, for example, of the...
Is the hole in the facing fabric worked like a button hole? I take it that the scrap fabric is attached to the back or the lining of the piece. The original...
Chris, The hole is produced by using an awl. When I do this I carefully try to work between the threads, spreading them so as not to tear or compromise the...
I have always found that I can work the button shank through the weave of the heavy wool fabric fairly easily without cutting it. As a general rule, I try to...
Very interesting, I am about to begin construction of a US artillery coatee, my first. I'm pretty sure that the coatee will only see seasonal dry cleaning so...
... With apologies to the late lamented Sir John Cope. 'Now Jimmie, be as good's your word; Come, let us try both fire and sword; And dinna rin like a frichted...
and once they fall out are a real bugger to get back in unless you open finished ends and re do it!! (I know I tried to do just put it back in and it didn't...
Chris, If it is an enlisted coat they are permanently attached. S. Cottonbalers, By God! visit our website at www.cottonbalers.lynchburg.net ... Very...
That's the truth!! Ask my ADC Scott McMahon about drawing the fun assignment of removing an old set from a finshed garment of several years and replacing with...
... Yeah..... we have the 1839 gate slated for destruction... who needs history, as long as vehicles can get in. 'Course there won't be any history to worry...
Ok I know its getting down to the wire, but does anybody know where I can find some info about the event this weekend? I searched the site but can't find a...
... [snip]I am about to begin construction of a US artillery coatee,[snip] I'm pretty sure that the coatee will only see seasonal dry ... You plan on cleaning...
Kevin, as Steve said, *unless securely stitched* on the inside, they can fall out... so... when making the coat, *securely stitch* them on the inside. To the...
Jim, Some additional details regarding the staying of buttons. When I was at Glouster Mass. inspecting the original other-ranks 104th coat in their museum, I...
