I've often read in secondary sources that sailors intentionally tarred their clothing for waterproofing. I haven't seen a primary so...

Back in 2017, my colleague Ben Bartgis shared an April Fool's Day post over at Napoleonic Tars: 1790-1820 . The reaction was so positive...

Outlander, Season 3 (2017). Follower Justin Anderson e-mailed me a short time ago with a specific request: I'm curious if you hav...

Often on this webpage I address assumptions about the past that are imposed by later generations. Sewing a corpse through the nose , wearing...

Today is the 260th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. It capped a massive imperial conflict that permanently removed the Fr...

Detail from British Resentment or the French fairly Coopt at Louisbourg ,  Louis Pierre Boitard, 1755,  John Carter Brown Library of Earl...

Early last year, follower Tom Apple was reading through a post by Norman Fuss on The Journal of the American Revolution about a painting de...

Today's guest post comes from Christopher P. Magra , Professor of Early American History at the University of Tennessee and an expert on...