| Title |
Of Arms, Armorer, & Armories
|
| Issue |
Volume 34, Number 03 (CWJ, Autumn 2012)
|
| Description |
Biography of 16-17th c. London armorer Thomas Curson; history of armorers making armor; transition in 17th c. to the making of firearms; role of armorers in 18th c. warfare; Williamsburg blacksmith James Anderson appointed public armorer 1778; description of the 18th and recently reconstructed James Anderson Blacksmith Shop and Armoury; lifestyle of blacksmiths; comparison to gun factory in Fredericksburg and various VA sites; destruction of James River arsenal by Lord Cornwallis
|
| Author |
Olmert, Michael
|
| Pages |
36-41
|
