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Cold Weather and Apples Were Two Things the American Colonies Had. Industrious Scottish Immigrants Turned Them Into a Favorite Spirit

During the 1760s, George Washington wrote to the Laird family in New Jersey, pleading for the recipe for a bewitching “cyder ...

Colonial Williamsburg Feeds a Historic Moment

On the eve of America’s 250th birthday, the living history museum in Virginia serves historic foods that feel urgently ...
Time

Early American Colonists Had a Cash Problem. Here’s How They Solved It

Money, or the lack thereof, was a persistent problem in colonial America. The colonists were under the control of Great Britain, where the legal tender was both gold and silver, known as a bimetallic ...
American Rifleman

The Guns Of The Colonial Williamsburg Collection

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