Revolutionary War Reenactment How-To's
Trial Members, Recruiting (LIV = Loyal Irish
Volunteers):
https://www.nwta.com/courier/1998-spring/Recruiting.html
Inspections:
http://www.nwta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2010-01.pdf
Watchcoats: http://www.nwta.com/courier/11-96/watchcoats.html
Summer Beards:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/1998-summer/beards.htmlUnder Arms: http://www.nwta.com/courier/8-96/underarms.html
Cartridge:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/9-96/cartridge.htmlRacks:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/4-96/racks.htmlImpression:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/7-97/impression.html"Playing it safe: Women on the Field" p 3 & 6
http://www.nwta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/2008-05.pdfMore Sewing: http://www.nwta.com/courier/5-97/sewing.html
Patterns: http://www.nwta.com/courier/7-96/patterns.html
Tin Box Patterns: http://www.nwta.com/for-members/patternmaster/tin-box-patterns/
Stakes:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/9-96/stakes.html18th Royal Irish Regt of Foot:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/7-97/18th.htmlYankeed:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/10-96/yankeed.htmlReading: http://www.nwta.com/courier/11-96/reading.html
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Also of note: "A Typical Eighteenth Century Military Shirt: A
practical construction guide by Judith Wicker":
http://www.lh-shop.cz/-pic/textil/kosile/kos18.pdf
NTWA Links:
http://www.nwta.com/courier/1996.htm
1996
November-December WINTER PROJECTS ISSUE!
Belt Knives, Biscuits & Cakes, Musket Cleaning Kit, Muzzle Stopper, Reading List , Scaldfeet, Seasoning Cast Iron, Treating Footwear, Twisted Wire Forks, WatchcoatsOctober
August Board Meeting, Biscuits, Comments & Queries, Gourd Canteens, Historic Northern Michigan, Incident at Fredonia, More Mock Battles, Scotch Whist, Stan Mack's Real-life American Revolution, Washington's Purple Hearts, Watches, Yankee DoodleSeptember
Comments & Queries, Commercial Patterns, Dismissing Troops , Fraser's Funeral, Howe's Orderly Book, Musicmaster's Report, Rating Period Military Books, Real-life Battle Scenario, Riflemen and Cartridge Boxes, Rolling Cartridges, Tent Stakes.August
Bennington, Vermont, Comments and Queries, Highland Woman on Campaign, More on Shovels , Position of the Soldier Under Arms, Ramming without Rammers, Re-enacting is Authentic, Shirts and Shifts, Stanley Rayner Retires.July
Candles, Colours on the Battlefield, Comments, etc., Help! 18th Century Patterns, Soldier's Occupations, Remembering Bill Burke, Stockings.June
Books and Research, Campfire Safety, Comments, etc., Engineering Tools, Half-gaiters, Legion Villa, Matches, Open Order, Shoe Brushes, Soldiers' Hair.May
Lock Parts, Clothing Brit Recuits, Feast Letter, Ft. Wayne Demise, Indestructible Brits, March Board Meeting, A Valley Forge Weekend.April
Cabin Fever, Clothing Forum, Comments & Queries, Egg Decorating, Fifes, Musket Racks, Operating as a Platoon, part II, Regimental Coats, Sergeant Majors.March
Clothing Forum, Comments & Queries, Fort St. Joseph, Musick, Operating as a Platoon, Transporting the British Army.January-February
Clothing Forum, Comments & Queries, Leggins, Musick, New Editor, November Board meeting.http://www.nwta.com/courier/1997.htm
1997
The NWTA Courier
November/December
Battle of St. Louis, How to Un-Demand a Surrender, Lacing a Bodice, How to Pitch a Camp, Riflemen.October
Battle Reports, Cahokia, Illinois, Comments & Queries- Fredonia, Explosives, Pea Soup.September
Balladry, British Rations, Comments & Queries, Forming and Dismissing Battalions, NWTA Battles, More Stupid Questions , American Revolution in Iowa, Is the '64 Drill Silly?.August
Bottled Up, Field Fortifications, The Fl¸che, Knitting Tips, Making Lucetted Cord , Textile Information Source ListJuly
18th Foot, Caty do/did, Comments & Queries, Polite Society, Realistic Impression, Reenacting Theatre, WoodenwareJune
Comments & Queries, Dr. Johnson's Walking Staff, Impression Idea, Letter from an LIV, Seasoning Woodenware, Soft Frizzens, Stiff Mainsprings, Tailors of the 18th RegimentMay
Bayonet Charges, Comments, Currency Rates, Forbidden Exports, Hand Sewing, La Portage, Relic at Portage, Revolution in the Northwest, Stupid QuestionsApril
Breakfasts, Comments, etc., Defense of Sutlers, Extra Duty and Literacy in the 18th Foot, Legion Ville UpdateMarch
Comments, etc., Dining Brits, Michilimackinac, Spades Revisted, Sewing Techniques, Yankee Doodle RevistedJanuary-February
Comments and Queries, November Board Meeteinghttp://www.nwta.com/courier/1998.htm
1998
The NWTA SPY
FALL
A Real-Life Skirmish, God is in the Details, A Comparison of Period and Re-enactor Encampments, God Save the King; a Refresher Course., "Properly fixed upon the Men..." Linen Bags for Camp Kettles., So, What is a "Molly" Anyway?, "Of Respect to Superiors.", Rum!, Did ALL Women Wear Stays? For the Bibliomaniac.
SUMMER
That Their Beards be Close Shaved ..., The Fluttering of Fans, Camp Colour Revisited, Musket Raffle!, For the Bibliomaniac, The Paoli Battlefield Needs Help!, Black Caps for Women, Greatcoat Colors, Making Pocket Soup, Something Different in Camp.
SPRING
Recruiting Practices, Then & Now, The Great Cast Iron Debate, For the Bibliomaniac, Who is responsible Part II? A Camp Colour, A Neat Trick!, Women's Black Caps, An Interesting Weapons List.
WINTER
Welcome to the new NWTA SPY, Care and feeding of New Recruits, 18th-Century Make-up Techniques, Who is Responsible for the Quality of Events? A Tisket a Tasket..., Cast Iron, It's a GUY Thing, A Camp Quickie, For the Bibliomaniac.http://www.nwta.com/courier/1999.htm
1999
The NWTA SPY
FALL
Freedoms Squandered?,"Sutler" Defined, Farewells Used in the Late 17th and 18th Centuries, Looking Ahead to the 225th, Chapmen Selling Chapbooks,Request for Documentation, Re-enacting PETS?, Bowman's Company Trek.SUMMER
Spotted Handkerchiefs, 18th-c Greetings, A 1777 Encampment, A New Sort of Potato, More Scenario Fodder, A Trend Toward Downsizing?SPRING
The First Re-enactment?, God Save America, Scenario Fodder, Of Tar and Feathers, An Attack on Logan's Fort, Kentucky.WINTER
Beard Rebuttal, British Desertion Problem, British Regiments in Midwest, Seeing Dots, , A New Song, What "Sort" are You?, Women in Camp, Did You Know?http://www.nwta.com/courier/2000.htm
2000
The NWTA SPY
FALL
(No Fall edition was published in 2000)SUMMER
"Long and Strong" Cotton Laces, A Report on the Action..., A Few Words on Tacticals, Colors of Leather Breeches, True 18th-Centiury Crime Stories.SPRING
"Potatoes FiveFull Pounds a Penny", Corporal Trayson’s Magical Prayer, Stolen Stays, Field Maneuvers, Remembering Both Sides of the Revolution, Brass or Bronze?, Period Gatorade?, Plight of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, The NWTA Civilian Movement.WINTER
Apples,More on Potatoes, Fitting Stays, Johnny Appleseed,The 18th-c "Duece and a half", Musket Accuracy, Unrest among the Merchants, King George’s Refrigerator, Breeches Buttons - numbered or no?, 18th-c Colors and Dyes, The Bungling Marine.
George Washington’s Liberty Key:
Mount Vernon's Bastille Key – the Mystery and
Magic of Its Body, Mind, and Soul
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