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Period Resources:
A Catalogue of Tools for Watch and Clock Makers,
by John Wyke, introduction by Alan Smith, reprinted 1978
Henry Francis duPont Winthur Museum and University Press
of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
[Detailed engraved plates of hand tools,
including files, hacksaws, and screw plates, from the
18th century.]
An Essay on
Shooting, printed by T. Cadell, London, 1789
[Includes technical information on gun
making, loading and shooting, game and hunting, etc.]
The History and Present State of Virginia-In Four
Parts, by Robert Beverly, London, 1705, reprinted
1947 by The University of North Carolina
[Early comprehensive description of Virginia including
geography, game, Native Americans, natural resources,
etc.]
Letters from the South by James Kirke Paulding
(1778-1860). published by AMS Press, NY, 1973. Facsimile
reprint. Originally published: J. Eastburn, NY, 1817.
[This
series of letters has some wonderfully colorful
descriptions of the Valley of Virginia and its residents
from the early 19th century.]
A man apart: the journal of Nicholas Cresswell,
1774-1781, by Nicholas Cresswell with notes by
Harold Gill. Published by Lanham; Lexington Books 2009.
[The story of a frustrated Englishman
unable to get home because of the outbreak of the Rev
War. He spends a lot of time in northern VA. But also
travels some including a real adventure on the frontier
and down the Ohio River.]
A Pattern Book of Tools and Household Goods,
Introduction by Jane Rees and Elton W. Hall. Published
by the Early American Industries Association in
cooperation with the Peabody Essex Museum, 2006, ISBN
0-943196-04-3 [This is the reprint of an
unsigned Birmingham, England pattern book attributed to
W. & C. Wynn and dating from about 1820. In
addition to a variety of common household goods and hand
tools this catalogue includes; gun hammers; worms;
wadding punches; sectioned "washing rods"; sportsman's
pocket turn screws with [vent] pickers; and double ended
steel chargers with spring lids.]
Scoouwa: James Smith's Indian captivity narrative,
by James Smith (1737-1812) Published by the Ohio
Historical Society, Columbus, 1978. Originally published
under the title: an Account of the remarkable occurances
in the life and travels of Col. James Smith. [Captured
as a young man while working on Braddock's Road, Smith's
account provides unique insight into the lives of his
Ohio Indian captors.]
A Tour in the United States of America by John
Fredinand Dalziel Smith; Reprinted as part of
Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution, 1968;
New York Times and Arno Press, Inc.
[Travel journal of an Englishman who toured Virginia,
North Carolina and parts of Maryland in the early 1770s.
The original book was published after the Revolution and
includes some notes about the war.]
Travels in the Confederation [1783-1784] by
Johann David Schoepf, translated by Alfred J. Morrison;
Burt Franklin , Publisher; reprinted 1968,
[Travel journal of an officer from the
British Army who traveled in the United States right
after the war.] (top)
Modern Sources:
Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, by
Lewis Preston Summers, 1929, Reprinted in two parts by
the Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore, MD 1970
Artistic Ingredients of the Longrifle, by Joe
Kindig III, 1989, George Shumway and the Kentucky Rifle
Association. [A small paperback written
to help students of longrifle decorative art see its
relationship to other decorative art from the period.]
British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740-1840,
by DeWitt Bailey, Ph. D, 2002, Andrew Mowbray
Incorporated publishers, Lincoln, RI.
[The two chapters on the arms of Native Americans
loyalists are worth the price of the book.]
Buying into the World of Goods-Early Consumers in
Backcountry Virginia by Ann Smart Martin. Johns
Hopkins University Press, Maryland, 2008
[Reconstructs the world of one country merchant, John
Hook, and reveals much about the acquisition of consumer
goods in Bedford and Franklin Counties.]
Christopher Gist Frontier Scout, by Allan
Powell, 1992, Allen Powell publisher, Hagerstown, MD
Deerskins & Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with
Anglo-America, 1685-1815, by Kathryn Braund; 1993,
University of Nebraska Press. [Best
resource to date on the deer hide trade in the southern
colonies. It gives insight into what goods the Native
Americans needed and how those goods were valued.]
The Frontier Rifleman, by Richard H. LaCrosse,
1989, Pioneer Press, Union City, TN. [A
collection of period accounts that help paint a picture
of the frontier riflemen in the 18th century.]
Historical Targets, by Anne Braun, 1983,
English addition byRoydon Publishing Co. London
Journal of Historical Armsmaking Technology,
published by Western Kentucky University and the
National Muzzleloading Rifle Association, 1985 - 1993.
Five Volumes.
Kegley's Virginia Frontier, by F.B. Kegley,
1938, The Southwest Virginia Historical Society, Roanoke
VA
The Ohio Company Papers, 1753-1817, by
Kenneth P. Bailey, 1947, Sons of the Revolution
Library, Los Angeles, CA
The Only Land they Knew: The Tragic Story of the
American Indians in the Old South, by J. Leitch
Wright, Jr., 1981, The Free Press, N.Y., NY
Selected Articles from the KRA Bulletin (Volume 1
thru 30), compilled by the KRF Book Committee, 2005
publishe dby Cadmus-Science Press Division, Ephrata, PA
Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, by Lioyd DeWitt
Bockstruck, 1988, Genalogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
Baltimore, MD
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