Thanks for all the suggestions, particularly the grayer literature. Oddly enough, Eric Sloan didn't illustrate any hoes in his books (I checked three of them that I had). Mercer sounds like a good source; hope they have some dated examples.
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There's probably an entire room devoted to hoes at the Mercer Museum I'd bet!
On 7/6/2017 2:52 PM, Timothy Scarlett wrote:
> You could also also contact the Mercer Museum in Doylestown Pennsylvania. Antiquarian archaeologist Henry Chapman Mercer collected a wide variety of early tools and may have a collection of hoes. His publications don’t include farm tools, but this is one example:
> https://books.google.com/books?id=QsDlLCHeyf8C <https://books.google.com/books?id=QsDlLCHeyf8C>
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> Tim
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>> On Jul 6, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Timothy Scarlett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Lyle Stone’s 1974 Fort Michilimackinac has excellent illustrations.
>> http://www.worldcat.org/title/fort-michilimackinac-1715-1781-an-archaeological-perspective-on-the-revolutionary-frontier/ <http://www.worldcat.org/title/fort-michilimackinac-1715-1781-an-archaeological-perspective-on-the-revolutionary-frontier/>
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>> There may be some in Michael Coe’s The Line of Forts (2006), but I can’t recall. Also Lynn Evans Keys to the Past (2003).
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>> Some others worth checking if you can find them:
>> Wade Catts The Archaeology of Rural Artisans (1994)
>> https://books.google.com/books?id=FzJSNgAACAAJ&dq=archaeology+rural+blacksmith <https://books.google.com/books?id=FzJSNgAACAAJ&dq=archaeology+rural+blacksmith>
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>> John D. Light and Henry Unglik A Frontier Fur Trade Blacksmith Shop (1987)
>> https://books.google.com/books?id=yOAhAAAAMAAJ&q=A+Frontier+Fur+Trade+Blacksmith+Shop <https://books.google.com/books?id=yOAhAAAAMAAJ&q=A+Frontier+Fur+Trade+Blacksmith+Shop>
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>> Eric Sloane published a list of beautifully illustrated Americana books about tools, but while very accurately illustrated, the drawings do not include measurement scales or isometric perspectives. I still find them very useful when teaching or researching.
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>> A Museum of Early American Tools (1964)
>> https://books.google.com/books?id=NWE3f0IEiMQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=slone+american+farm+tools#v=onepage&q&f=false <https://books.google.com/books?id=NWE3f0IEiMQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=slone+american+farm+tools#v=onepage&q&f=false>
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>> Best,
>> Tim
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>>
>>> On Jul 6, 2017, at 12:29 PM, Jim Gibb <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>>> Keith Egloff's (1980) Colonial Hoes of Tidewater Virginia is the most comprehesive work of which I am aware.
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>>> Jim Gibb
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>>> I am looking for examples of late 18th century hoes to compare to the one I excavated at Fort Boonesborough (1775-c. 1790). Mine is a draw hoe that is generally square with rounded shoulders. It is very similar to later heavy hoes used in Southern contexts but this one is pretty tightly dated between 1775 and 1790. I can send a photo offlist if anyone is interested. I've seen some 18th century hoes online but nothing similar to mine. Thank you.
>>>
>>> Nancy O'Malley
>>> Assistant Director/Curator
>>> William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology
>>> 1020A Export St.
>>> University of Kentucky
>>> Lexington, KY 40506
>>> Phone: 859-323-9855
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