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Domestic Arts |
Clothes |
1600s Men
Women
Children
Mixed
Fantasy
Military
Royals, etc. 1700s Men Women Children Mixed Fantasy Military Royals, etc. Textile Definitions | Cookery |
Cookbooks pdf The Cook's & Confectioner's Dictionary - 1723 (34.3k) pdf The Compleat City & Country Cook - 1732 (11.5k) pdf The Whole Duty of a Woman - 1737 (38.7k) pdf The House-keeper's Pocket-book - 1739 (11.6k) pdf The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (the redoubtable Mrs. Glasse!) - 1784 (25.5k) Notes regarding chocolate! Notes regarding the meal schedule of the bourgeois. Foodstuffs Glossary in 7 languages Kitchenware Tableware |
Furnishings |
Camp Home Business |
Music |
Dances (music & steps or where to find steps) |
Country Dances by Playford Country Dances of Colonial America by John Fitzhugh Millar | Songs (lyrics & tunes) |
assorted Christmas songs & carols assorted tavern songs |
Instrumentals (chamber, concert, etc.) |
Composers & their works | Instruments |
Aerophones (winds) Chordophones (strings) Idiophones ('unibody') Membranophones (drums) |
Pastimes |
Board Games |
Astrology "chase" game Backgammon (medieval; codified 1750s) Chess (medieval; modernised late 1500s) 1, 2, 3 Checkers / Draughts (medieval; codified 1756) 1, 2, 3 (The) Mill / Morris (medieval; modernised late 1500s) | Card Games |
All Fours (at least 1670s & onwards) Bassett (Italy 1592, France 1674, England 1677) Black Jack (1700s) Cribbage (pre-May 1641 & onwards) Faro (1690s & onwards) Hazard (?) Jeu Royal de la Guerre (pre-1659 & onwards) Loo (1600s) Piquet (pre-1535 & onwards) Ruff & Honours (pre-1674 & onwards) Twenty-one (1700s) Whist |
Dice Games |
Field Games |
Golf (med.; codif. 1744; in NA colonies by 1770s) 1 Tennis (medieval; racquet intro. 1400s) 1 |
Politics & Governance |
Laws & Regulations |
British Acts pertaining to the Colonies Molasses Act - Mar 1733 Sugar Act - Apr 1764 Stamp Act - Mar 1765 Documents leading to the Formation of the US Petition for Relief of ______ US Constitution US Bill of Rights | Royalty & Statesmen |
xls Chart of Reigns |
Sciences |
Astronomy |
Astronomers of Note - updated 29 Aug 2011 Constellation & Star Names | Cartography & Surveying |
Maps of Europe Maps of N. America British Dominions in North America - 1763 Penobscot Bay Tools of the trade Cartographers of Note |
Engineering |
1st Hot Air Balloon flight - 21 Nov 1783! 2nd Hot Air Balloon flight - Dec 1783! re-create Hot Air Balloon flight of 1785 |
Natural History |
Botany, Herbals & Husbandry | Physics |
Chart of Known Elements List of the Elements Periodic Table of the Elements |
Social Customs |
Familial Customs |
Naming Practices | ||
Theatre |
Ballets |
Ballets | Operas |
Plays |
Comedies Tragedies & Dramas Political Satire Mixed Collections |
Transportation |
Dog Carts |
Saddle Horses |
Horse Carts & Carriages |
Boats & Ships |
Balloons |
