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Source: Documentary History of the Campaign upon the Niagara Frontier in 1812. Part IV. October, November and December. Lieut. Col. E Cruikshank. Tribune Office, Welland. [year: unknown]pp. 227-236. "Lt.-Col. Myers to Major-General Sheaffe FORT GEORGE, 22nd November, 1812 Sir,-I have the honor ...

Source: Rosemary Neering and Stan Garrod, IN THE PIONEER HOME. Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited, Toronto, 1978. p. 25. "small spoonful of salt small handful of baking powder half a mixing bowl of flour Stir in enough water to make a stiff dough. Place a mixture on a greased frying pan and put on...

Source: Rosemary Neering and Stan Garrod, IN THE PIONEER HOME. Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited, Toronto, 1978.p.27. "Take the long tap root of a dandelion plant and wash it carefully. Cut into small pieces. Roast in front of the fire or in a slow [reflector] oven until it is dry and crisp. Grin...

Source: Rosemary Neering and Stan Garrod, IN THE PIONEER HOME. Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited, Toronto, 1978. p.20. **originally from the list of remedies produced in "Mrs. Palmer's Valuable Receipts" (year is unknown) "Have the fat from the kidneys of wild rabbit; gridel it out and ...

Source: Rosemary Neering and Stan Garrod, IN THE PIONEER HOME. Fitzhenry and Whiteside Limited, Toronto, 1978. p.19. "Melt two kilograms of fat [tallow] in one litre of soft (rain) water. Set aside. When cool, sprinkle in one cup of lye crystals. (Make sure you do not touch the lye. It burns.) ...

Source: K.B.BRETT. Women's Costume in Early Ontario. Royal Ontario Museum/University of Toronto, 1966. p.2. " A red wool cape, made about 1790, is semicircular, has a small vandyked cape and a high standup collar set away from the neck to allow for a bouffant kerchief." "An embroidere...

From the journal of Lt. John Le Couteur, D.E. Graves. Carlton University Press, Ottawa, Ontario. 1993. p. 216. "16 November Suffering from a violent attack of Rheumatism - beginning to pay for my good health while campaigning. Poorly to the 20th, could not go to Mess. 23 November Attacked with ...

Source: H.L. Blackmore. British Military Firearms, 1650 to 1850. London, 1961. **The quotation to follow was originally made by John Marshall who was the Clerk and Paymaster of the Ordinance of Birmingham in 1824. His words were captured at a Court of Enquiry; "The Locks were brought in a soft ...

Source: H.L. Blackmore. British Military Firearms, 1650 to 1850. London, 1961. **The quotation to follow was originally made by John Marshall who was the Clerk and Paymaster of the Ordinance of Birmingham in 1824. His words were captured at a Court of Enquiry; "The Ramrods were proved by puttin...

Source: H.L. Blackmore. British Military Firearms, 1650 to 1850. London, 1961. **The quotation to follow was originally made by John Marshall who was the Clerk and Paymaster of the Ordinance of Birmingham in 1824. His words were captured at a Court of Enquiry; "The Bayonets were first gauged - ...

Source: H.L. Blackmore. British Military Firearms, 1650 to 1850. London, 1961. **The quotation to follow was originally made by John Marshall who was the Clerk and Paymaster of the Ordinance of Birmingham in 1824. His words were captured at a Court of Enquiry; "The Barrels were viewed before pr...

**This one is for you Don! :^) It became common practice by the late 1700s that barrels of one's rifle or muskets were to be kept in a highly polished state. The barrels were actually rubbed with a very fine abrasive material called 'slurry' (a mixture of brick dust and crude oil). Once this was don...

Source: Cuthbertson, Article 31. Dublin, 1768. "A picker being often useful to a soldier for cleaning the touch-hole of his firelock, in the firings, one of strong wire should be fixed, by a small chain, to the edge of his pouch-belt, under the front buckle, and as close to the pouch as possibl...

It was starting to get dark now and the wind coming down the laneway toward the Regiment brought with it the thick smell of gunpowder and death. The date was July 25th and it was a date that Lt. Col. Battersby would never forget, if he lived to tell about it. The battle had come to a standstill, the...

Source: A Media Plan for Military Animation. William Henry, Toronto. 1977. P. 106. Alternate Source: The Napoleonic Wars. T. Morris, London. 1845. "The only contemporary reference found that refers to the cleaning of the coats, mentions the use of Fuller's earth and a brush. Serjeants and Corpo...