Following the Patterns: A Paper Trail Leading to Domestic Production at Catoctin Furnace
Author(s): Alexandra V Slepushkina
Year: 2018
Summary
Catoctin Furnace is a historic forge first built in the late 18th century located in the Catoctin Mountains, in Thurmont, Maryland. The purpose of this research is to follow a paper trail in the form of deeds and surviving ledgers from the general store at Catoctin Furnace to determine which families or houses were participating in the domestic production of buttons, clothes, and shoes.Though this research will mostly focus on the Forgeman’s House due to the presence of archaeological information from this house (and the presence of hundreds of artifacts linked to domestic production, including 717 buttons), an attempt to link other houses with domestic production will be made.
Cite this Record
Following the Patterns: A Paper Trail Leading to Domestic Production at Catoctin Furnace. Alexandra V Slepushkina. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441320)
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Keywords
General
Buttons
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domestic production
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Household Archaeology
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 1014