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		clothing.html ^Votes:0 Pilgrim Clothing The Plimoth Plantation Museum also has a web page discussing Pilgrim clothing , and it includes a couple illustrated photographs. WOMEN: A woman's undergarment was a long off-white short-sleeved, linen shirt, resembling a modern-day woman's nightshirt except that it was ribbon-tied at the collar and cuffs and fastened in the front. One or more ankle-length, waist-fastened petticoats were worn. The dress, or gown, consisted of two parts, a bodice and a skirt--sometimes the sleeves were a separate part as well, being tied to the bodice. The bodice or the skirt could be the same or different colors, and were made of wool. The bodice buttoned all the way down the front. The skirt was ankle-length and gathered at the waist. A long-sleeve fitted waistcoat was often worn over the Read More Go to Site


		Colonial Hall: Biographies of America's Founding Fathers ^Votes:0 Home Biographies -Signers of the Declaration -Signers of the A. O. C. -Signers of the U. S. Constitution -Wives of the Signers -Other Founders Documents Forum FAQs Search Documents of Freedom Reproductions of America's four most important documents on authentic-looking parchment paper. Featured Founding Founder Gouverneur Morris , the peg-legged, anti-slavery delegate from Pennsylvania spoke more on the floor of the Constitutional Convention than any of the other founding fathers. As Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, Morris was chosen to write the first draft of the Constitution. Colonial Hall is now proud to have the first seven chapters of the full-length biography of Gouverneur Morris, by Jared Sparks . Biographies Colonial Hall now has the biographies of 11 Read More Go to Site

		Donna Speer Ristenbatt Genealogy/Dutch Social Customs ^Votes:0 Dutch Social Customs by Donna Speer Ristenbatt URL of this website: http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy Index Life in New Amsterdam in the 17th Century Religion in New Amsterdam Courtship and Marriage Customs Physicians and Surgeons Birth and Baptismal Customs Note: These articles include the names of various people living in New Netherland during the seventeenth century. Web site provided courtesy of Ristenbatt Vacuum Cleaner Service, Inc. Copyright © 1997-2005 Donna E. Ristenbatt All rights reserved. The bevelled buttons at the bottom of this page were designed and created by David E. Ristenbatt and are copyrighted. This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion without my written consent. Read More Go to Site

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		First Thanksgiving Weather & History from STORMFAX? ^Votes:0 The Winter of 1620-'21 Copyright © 1996-2007 STORMFAX, Inc. T he decision of the Pilgrims to land on the shores of Massachusetts was dictated by the weather. At the time the Mayflower was passing the southeastern tip of Cape Cod, the wind and waves prompted the crew to make landfall out of danger rather than proceed to their planned destination at New York Harbor. T he small 180-ton ship passed the central headland of Cape Cod near Nauset soon after daybreak on November 19, 1620, but found itself in the dangerous shoals east of Monomoy Point. The Pilgrims turned back northward, taking advantage of the south wind and eventually found safety rounding the northern tip of the Cape into the protected waters of the bay. Clear weather and a favorable wind held on the 20th and 21st, speeding the s Read More Go to Site

		intro.html ^Votes:0 Welcome to our story. We were once earthlings but now live in cyber space. We all lived on earth near the end of the 16th century and have agreed to come to this web site because we want to tell you our story. We never knew the ending to our story while we were on earth and it still remains a mystery to us and all earthlings. Many earthlings have tried to solve this mystery and have different theories to the ending. Maybe you'll have your own theory to the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke located in the New World. You call this place Roanoke, North Carolina, USA. This web site contains mystery, history, and much more. We cyber space characters welcome you. Sparky Take Me To: History'n Mystery Moments In Time Interesting Places Important People Mysteries Theories More References Read More Go to Site

		Salem Witch Trials ^Votes:0 The material presented in the Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive is provided freely for non-commercial educational purposes. All other uses require advance permission from the project originators. This site makes use of Apple ® QuickTime TM and Macromedia ® Flash TM Flash. Click the buttons below to download the plug-ins. Last Updated Wednesday, April 3, 2002 11:45 AM Read More Go to Site

		Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips on Colonial America ^Votes:0 THIS AND THAT GENEALOGY TIPS ON COLONIAL AMERICA COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF EASTHAM, WELLFLEET AND ORLEANS by Rev. Enoch Pratt pub 1844 Describing 17th Century Massachusetts and the Customs of our Forefathers - Manner of Dress; Manner of Living; Voting; Housing; Beards; Addressing Others; Walking and Riding: MANNER OF DRESS. In general, men old or young had a decent coat, vest, and some small clothes as well as some kind of fur hat. Old men had a great coat, and a pair of boots; the boots were substantially made of good leather and lasted for life; they were long and reached to the knee. For every day they had a jacket reaching about half way down the thigh, striped vest, and the small clothes, like the jacket; made of home spun flannel cloth, fulled at the mill, but not sheared; flannel shi Read More Go to Site

		The Avalon Project : Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents ^Votes:0 The Avalon Project at Yale Law School Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents Avalon Home What's New pre 18 th Century 18 th Century 19 th Century 20 th Century 21 st Century - General Charters Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maine Maryland Masachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Vermont Virginia General Charters 1492 - Priviledges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus; April 30 1498 - The Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands; March 5 1578 - Letters Patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte June 11 1584 - Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh; March 25 1603 - Charter of Acadia Read More Go to Site

		The History Place - Early Colonial Era ^Votes:0 Early Colonial Era Beginnings to 1700 1000 A.D. - Leif Ericson, a Viking seaman, explores the east coast of North America and sights Newfoundland, establishing a short-lived settlement there. 1215 - The Magna Carta document is adopted in England, guaranteeing liberties to the English people, and proclaiming basic rights and procedures which later become the foundation stone of modern democracy. 1492 - Christopher Columbus makes the first of four voyages to the New World, funded by the Spanish Crown, seeking a western sea route to Asia. On October 12, sailing the Santa Maria, he lands in the Bahamas, thinking it is an outlying Japanese island. 1497 - John Cabot of England explores the Atlantic coast of Canada, claiming the area for the English King, Henry VII. Cabot is the first of many Eur Read More Go to Site

		The Plymouth Colony Archive Project ^Votes:0 The Plymouth Colony Archive Project Enter This Plymouth Colony Archive presents a collection of fully searchable texts, including: court records, colony laws, seventeenth century journals and memoirs, probate inventories, wills, town plans, maps, and fort plans; research and seminar analyses of numerous topics; biographical profiles of selected colonists; and architectural, archaeological and material culture studies. Among other works, published here for the first time are a Glossary and Notes on Plymouth Colony , Seventeenth Century Timber Framing , and Vernacular House Forms in Seventeenth Century Plymouth Colony: An Analysis of Evidence from the Plymouth Colony Room-by-Room Probate Inventories 1633-1685 , by Patricia Scott Deetz and James Deetz. We also present studies focusing on broa Read More Go to Site

		University of Virginia \| Economics ^Votes:0 September/October 2007 Probability of courses being offered in the Spring 2008, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Want to declare Economics as a major but still have questions? New Concentration: International Economics (Has been approved!) Ph.D.'s on the market Announcements for Undergraduates Who are your officers? Undergradute Club Gra duate Club Faculty and students in the University of Virginia's Department of Economics examine economic events and arrangements through the lens of economic theory. The Department's undergraduate program emphasizes applications of economic theory to a wide variety of real-world events and arrangements in public policy, business, law, finance, and international trade. Training in the discipline of economics teaches students to think clearly and critically about c Read More Go to Site

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