I am posting this for a friend seeking information on late 18th - early 19th century blacksmith sites, particularly French Canadian sites. Matt Switlik, Director, Monroe County Historical Museum, is storing the remains of a French domestic residence and associated blacksmith shop relating to Francois DeLisle(Deloeuil) and dating ca. 1789-1866 excavated in Monroe (Frenchtown), Michigan. The site was salvaged excavated in 1988 by Dennis Au and C. Stephan Demeter and volunteers of the Raisin River Chapter of the Michigan Archaeological Society and the Monroe County Historical Museum. Two or three articles by Dennis Au and Gerald Wykes have been published on the site in Michigan History, Vol. 73, No. 3, June 1989. There are an estimated 60-70,000 artifacts that are presently being washed, cleaned and dried, with the exception of the metal. Private construction development emplacing a sewer line revealed a house foundation, root cellar, puncheon fence, smithing area, and abandoned well. Some of the artifacts recovered or other evidence show a variety of: decorated creamware; pearlware and whiteware ceramics to include some late 18th century French Faience types; hand-wrought fire shovel; limestone block forge; anvil block; wooden tub; iron stock; wooden table; slag; charcoal; gilded brass watch back with the inscription "J. Tobias, Liverpool, 1766; iron wall hook; medal of St. Francois De Salles; backed razor, knives; thimball, scissors; medal of St. Joan of Arc; chisel; punch; punch; set hammer; spoon, clay pipes; miniature horseshoe, shaft straightener; bone-handles awl; door latch; kettle lug; hand-blown wine bottle; serpentine side plate from an 18th century Northwest Fur Company gun; crucifix; lock plate of a flintlock musket; agricultural tools; flintlock hammers; and many more items. Historical documentation on the site and Francois DeLisle is excellent. Does anybody know of any good published or unpublished reports dealing with French Canadian blacksmith sites in particular and blacksmith sites in general? Matt and Dennis are looking for a historical archaeologist to assist them in a complete analysis of the site and publication of a report on the excavations, history and material culture. Pat Tucker [log in to unmask]