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Date: | Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:02:06 EDT |
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A client of ours recently inquired about his theory that Virginians turned to
local sources for gunflints during the Revolution. I have always understood
that both the Americans and the British preferred French gunflints, and, given
the number of French flints we have found on Revolutionary-era sites, I find
it difficult to believe that their supply was curtailed during the war, as he
insists.
Can anyone tell us (before he calls back!) (a) whether Virginia chert was even
suitable for gunflints, and (b) whether there was any sort of organized local
production/distribution of it during the war.
Thanks for the information!
Matt Laird
Principal Investigator/Historian
Cultural Resources, Inc.
Fredericksburg, VA
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