A branding iron bearing the initials "TR" was recovered from a seventeenth
century context at Jamestown.  This item is pictured in "Treasures from
Jamestown" by J. Paul Hudson.

Alicia Paresi Friedman
Northeast Museum Services Center, National Park Service
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Dear All,

Do any of you know of any early (i.e. 1800 or earlier) branding-irons?

Also, any literature relating to branding (any kind of property -
animals, people, goods - any early context)

With best wishes to all,

Pat

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