Ghost of a flea: Revolutionary

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November 16, 2006

Revolutionary

Founders of America.jpg

I should make it clear I have not ordered anything from G. Gedney Godwin but their stock looks extraordinary. 18th-century spectacles, bronze swivel guns... even period medical instruments. More Flea than Flea.

Whose establishment is against Bass on Welsh Road, at the Valley Forge, in Pennsylvania Province, Wishes to announce that he is importing a complete line of items useful to the military man; such as muskets, bayonets, leather goods, uniforms, cocked hats, diverse sorts of brazen sundries, &c., all done in the neatest manner. Those gentlemen who will favor him with their custom, may depend on their work being dispatched and their favors gratefully acknowledged, by their most humble servant.

~ G. Gedney Godwin

Also worth a look, or at least a listen, is this BBC World Service documentary on the archaeology of patriotism. I particularly enjoyed the interviews at Williamsburg in part two.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 16, 2006 11:54 AM

Comments

We employ Mr. Godwin's goods at Ft. Clatsop, in Lewis & Clark reenactment. Where else can you get a decent espontoon?

Oh, how I wish we had a use for a swivel gun...

Posted by: Dan at November 16, 2006 02:57 PM

'Spontoon adventures!

"It now seeemd to me that all the beasts of the neighborhood had made a league to distroy me..."

http://home.earthlink.net/~swier/LCspontoon.html

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at November 16, 2006 03:10 PM