1632: Resources Checklist

or How to Successfully Defend Your Pet Project in 1632 Tech Manual Reading through some of the recent threads I’m concerned that there is a drift away from reality when it comes to available resources. What every project needs to know is all the resources it...

1632: Laundry

For those of you who are ACW re-enactor types, some of the best, most detailed, and most accessible descriptions of pre-modern laundry techniques are to be found in the Civil War Ladies books. Essentially, things had scarcely changed at all between the 1630’s...

1632: The Richter Family Tree

From: “Virginia DeMarce” <virginiademarce@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Sep 23, 2002 5:40:17 PM US/Pacific Subject: The Richter Family Tree Here’s a bit about the background of “Grandma Richter.” It gives you the name of the parents of...

1632: Literacy Rates, 17th Century

I’m going to give some information on methodology in this field for the late 16th century and early 17th century in Germany, both reliable and unreliable. The most reliable methods for ascertaining how widely village schools were distributed in Germany for, say,...

1632: School Demographics

There are several things to be addressed in regard to the discussion of schools. The following represents my projections (1) First, we need to define what portion of the 1632-verse (i.e. what geographical entity) is being considered at any stage in our discussion....

1632: Las Vegas Belle Designs

The stats for the “Las Vegas Belle” are as follows:Statistics Span: 33 ft. 6 in.Length: 28 ft. 7 in.Height: 8 ft. 8 in.Empty Weight: 1,250 lbs.Maximum Weight: 1,745 lbs.Fuel Capacity: 32 gals.Crew: 2 (side by side seating)Maximum Armament: 4 50 lb gravity...