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>Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 15:58:36 -0800
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>From: Daryl Fridley <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: 17th-century wood use in the Chesapeake colonies
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>Does anyone know of studies done on the various uses for wood in the
>17th-Century Chesapeake colonies? I have come across quite a bit on
>life-style and standards of living, but have yet to find anything
>specifically on wooden material culture, especially in and around the
>home. I am particularly interested in how the social and regional
>backgrounds of immigrants might have had some bearing on what tools,
>utensils, houses (I found some things in this area - Cary Carson, et al.
>and C.A. Hewitt), etc. they made and how they were used.
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>Thanks in advance,
>
>Daryl Fridley
>graduate student
>Southeast Missouri State University
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