I have always found window glass interesting not so much for economic 
reasons but for explanations of changes of glass.
Violence, bad weather bad construction it does seem to be a lot of it but 
why were windows broken not so much quality. Interesting however
that it was a toss sort of thing but something one could never clean all up. 
I broke all of my neighbors basement windows whilst shooting off a
small boxite cannon. One wonders the effect of shooting off of black powder 
near window glass an the relative unintended destruction.
Conrad

-----Original Message----- 
From: Davis, Daniel (KYTC)
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:40 PM
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Subject: Early 19th Century window glass

Good afternoon!

Can anyone direct me toward references for early 19th century window
glass in the eastern US - that aren't for dating the associated
structures? Specifically, I'm looking for information on price and
availability and operating under the assumption that more window glass
on a site for this time period will directly associate with a higher
socioeconomic status for the site's occupants. I've got 4 sites in
central Kentucky that date from around 1790 to 1840 and based on the
excavations to date, there is significant variance in the amount of
window glass from each site. I'm guessing the window glass types would
be blown plate, crown, or cylinder glass though I don't think there's a
good way to separate the types.



Thanks,



Daniel B. Davis
Archaeologist Coordinator
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Division of Environmental Analysis
200 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40622
(502) 564-7250