Issue 3 (Fall) - Jacobsburg Historical Society

Volume 40, Issue 3
CONTENTS
President’s Report
Remembrance of Bob Frick
Market Faire & Rendezvous
“Winner Takes All”
“Building a PA Longrifle”
A Peek Into the Past
Serving Up History
Annual Membership Dinner
Christmas at Boulton
Wreath Making Fundraiser
Membership Form
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Remembering Bob Frick
Longtime JHS member, past president, and
founder of the Society passed away this spring
at his home at Moravian Hall Square.
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A Market Faire & Rendezvous
Jacobsburg’s annual living history encampment
will take place during the last weekend of October.
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Serving Up History
A new quarterly series that brings 18th and
19th century recipes to the 21st century
kitchen.
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Jacobsburg Historical Society
Executive Board
Howie White, President
Joe DiGerlando, 1st Vice President
Frank Willis, 2nd Vice President
Casey Hoch, Treasurer
Scott Paul Gordon, Secretary
Board of Directors
Sarah Atherton
Bobbie DiGerlando
Dave Ehrig
Joe Flemish
Ron Gabel
Larry Gular
Don Keller
Carl Landis
Tim Lubenesky
Virginia Lopresti
Jeff Marsh
Bill McCarthy
John Molnar
Andrea Smith
Rich Steiner
Tom Turtzo
Ira Hiberman,
Executive Director
The Jacobsburg Historical Society Board
of Directors meets each month on the
lower level of the Pennsylvania Longrifle
Museum, 403 Henry Road, Nazareth.
“Are You Willing to Accept Stewardship?”
Webster defines ‘Stewardship’ as the conducting, supervising
or managing of something; careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care. There is also the
‘Religious Concept’ which defines ‘Stewardship’ as the giving
(gift) of Time, Talent and Treasure.
As we come to the close of another calendar year here at
‘Historic Boulton’, I ask you to reflect upon your Stewardship
of the Jacobsburg Historical Society. The Society greatly appreciates your gift of Treasure (monetary gift of your membership), but have you considered the gifts of Time and Talent? Come and take an active role. Be a Volunteer!
Over the next two months there are numerous events where
you may generously support the Society with your time and
offer your talents. Please consider attending the following
events:
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The Jacobsburg Historical Society
is a member supported non-profit
organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the art and industry of making early American
firearms, and the character of the
individuals and community that
created and sustained that
enterprise.
The Jacobsburg Record seeks to provide
the members of the Jacobsburg Historical
Society with information relevant to its
mission while creating a sense of community and connection. If you are interested in contributing to our newsletter,
please contact Executive Director Ira
Hiberman at the JHS Office.
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Market Faire and Rendezvous will be held on October
26th and 27th and, with your membership, admission is
free!
JHS’s Annual Membership Dinner will be held on November 14th at the Holy Family Club, located at 515 W.
Mauch Chunk St. in Nazareth. Cost is $30 per person.
For more information, see page 12.
This year’s annual Wreath Making Fundraiser will take
place on Saturday, November 23rd. Cost is $45. More
information is available on page 14.
The annual Christmas Open House is being held on Saturday, December 14 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Admission is free.
At each of these events you will have the opportunity to purchase holiday gifts or stocking stuffers.
Remember, stewardship is not only financial– it also involves
the donation of your TIME and TALENT.
Until our paths cross once again,
Howie
Howard B. White, President
Jacobsburg Historical Society
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Bob Frick passed away this past spring on May 15, 2013 at his
home at Moravian Hall Square in Nazareth, at the age of 98.
He was born in Salisbury Township to the late John A. and
Ruth Linderman Frick, and was the great-grandson of Asa
Packer, the founder of Lehigh University. He served in the
United States Coast Guard during WWII and received a Bachelor’s Degree from Moravian College in 1949.
Robert Packer Linderman Frick
Frick dedicated his career to museum and restoration work. He
served as the Curator of Decorative Arts for Old Bethpage Village on Long Island, as the Chief of Properties for the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and the Director of the Mark
Twain House in Hartford, Connecticut.
His notable awards and recognitions include the St. James Alumni Award, the Liberty Bell Shrine
Award, and the Jacobsburg Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bob served on the boards of the Sun Inn and the Jacobsburg Historical Society, where he was past
president and founding member. In 1994, he authored The Henry Heritage: From Nazareth to Boulton.
Virginia Lopresti recalls the early days of founding the Jacobsburg Historical Society with Bob.
Virginia, along with her husband Joe Lopresti, Bob Frick, and a group of dedicated community
friends met with Mary Henry and expressed their desire to, in Virginia’s words, “Keep history going.” Their interests lay not just in preserving the memory and works of the Henry family, but
also in the beauty of the area along the Bushkill Creek known as Henrys Woods. They pledged
then to bring to life - and keep alive - the rich history and culture of the industry that prospered
in the Boulton community.
The Jacobsburg Historical Society expresses its deepest sympathies to Bob’s family and friends.
We are grateful for the many years of service and dedication Bob generously gave, not only to
Jacobsburg but to his passion for preservation and restoration work. Our members and volunteers
will continue to carry out the mission and values of Jacobsburg that Bob helped to found in the
early 1970s: to preserve, present, and protect the history and culture of this great community.
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Market Faire
& Rendezvous
At the Boulton Historic Site
WHEN
WHERE
WHO
Saturday, October 26
(10 am to 5 pm)
Sunday, October 27
(10 am to 3 pm)
402 Henry Road
Nazareth, PA 18064
Just off the Belfast
Exit off PA Rt. 33
The Boulton Historic
Site is run and managed by the Jacobsburg
Historical Society.
The annual Market Faire & Rendezvous is a interactive living history
encampment encompassing many periods of American history, including
Pre-Colonial, Colonial, and the Fur Trade eras.
DEMONSTRATIONS AND EVENTS INCLUDE
Primitive Archery
Kids Games
Hearth Cooking
Blacksmithing
Scavenger Hunt
Woods Walk
Black Powder Demos
Gift Shop
Blanket traders
The newly finished Early American Craft Education Workshop, the John
Joseph Henry House Museum, the Nicholas Hawk Log Cabin Workshop,
and the Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum will all be open to the public
during this event.
Please contact the Jacobsburg Historical Society Office with any questions or concerns.
(610) 759-9029
P.O. Box 345 Nazareth PA 18064
[email protected]
Jacobsburg Historical Society welcomes you to Historic Boulton!
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By Rich Hujsa
Back in the year 1974, my friend David Hardy and I, rightly or wrongly, considered ourselves to be
two of the top muzzle loading rifle target shooters in the country. We had an enviable record, consistently winning nearly all the rifle competitions in which we participated. We were always on the
lookout for new publicized muzzle loading rifle shoots in which to participate.
It was sometime that year we were made aware of a new shoot scheduled for the summer that was
being heavily advertised. Considering how good we thought we were our egos told us to check out
what we could potentially win at this scheduled match. We drove to the range to put out our wind
flags to determine the wind direction to the target, “doping the wind”. We were invited to check out
the prizes being offered the high scorers. The two days of shooting would cost us each $100 and we
calculated we could not get our money back in prizes even if we took 1st and 2nd place in every
match. After a long discussion we determined it was not worth the cost.
Being primed for a shooting contest, we decided to return to our home club, the Shartelsville Muzzle Loading Club, and have a private competition. We agreed to each put a hundred dollars in a hat
and to shoot each other’s rifles in a three target match. Winner takes all.
The match was designed so each of us would shoot five shots at each of three targets; one at 25
yards off hand; one at 100 yards bench rest; and the third at 50 yards off hand. It was agreed the
winner of the match would be the shooter with the highest aggregate score. The weather that day
was ideal for round ball shooting. Our rifles were Dave’s heavy bench flintlock with a .54 caliber
Douglass double X one and one-half inch octagon barrel equipped with Redfield receiver rear sight
and globe front sight and an early Prussian lock. Dave’s 12 pound flintlock offhand rifle had a
Douglass barrel and a large Seiler flint lock. My bench rifle was a .46 caliber Great Western Gun
Works percussion rifle with false muzzle equipped with Lyman receiver rear sight and a globe front
sight. My full stock flintlock offhand rifle weighing about eight pounds had a .54 caliber Douglass
barrel and a Seiler lock. Both of our offhand rifles had open front and rear sights.
We completed shooting our 25 yard and 100 yard targets and moved to the 50 yard range. Being
about even in our scores up to this time Dave shot his target first, a good score. I shot my first four
shots which were in a very tight one hole group. Seeing the size of the resulting hole in the target
Dave commented that another shot in that group would not be scoreable. He suggested my last
shot be aimed about a half inch to the right. Concentrating I took a very good sight picture and
pulled the trigger. Dave, who was carefully watching the last shot, picked up the hat and handed me
the two $100 bills.
After we each cleaned our rifles he advised me that I was going to spring for a grand dinner at a
fine restaurant. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to be the winner. I have never gone to a rifle shoot to have
a good time, but I have always had fun after I was finished shooting.
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“Building a Pennsylvania Longrifle”, by Dave Ehrig
“Pennsylvania is where it originated and, with
very few exceptions, that’s where it was made.
I guess it shouldn’t matter, but it does. After
all, that old flintlock not only was the first
truly American firearm, but it also played an
important role in shaping a wilderness into
what is now the United States of America.
And that’s something we Pennsylvanians
shouldn’t shrug off.”
— Ned Smith
Ever since Pennsylvania’s first “Special Flintlock Deer Season” in 1974, flintlock deer hunters have walked into the
fields and forests of the Keystone State with a myriad of muzzleloader choices. The early years witnessed antique longrifles and half-stocked Hawken Rifles loaded with black powder and patched roundballs. In the middle years of the
late 1980s and 90s, hunters succumbed to the “new and improved” sabotted bullets, replica powders and in-line ignition.
As deer hunters welcomed the first decade of the new millennium, synthetic stocks and scoped added to the
potpourri of so-called “primitive” rifles. But in spite of the many forces of change, the one thought that pervaded the
hearts and minds of muzzleloaders was: “One day, I will carry a Pennsylvania Longrifle”.
So what is this powerful idea that refuses to go to sleep into the pages of history? The very idea that one can
and should build their own Pennsylvania Longrifle is so bold and profound a concept that most people are awestruck by
the thought. And yet, the construction of this historic and functional piece of colonial art is not all that difficult with
hand tools! In fact, there are probably more contemporary builders today than all of our ancestors’ 18 th and 19th Century longrifle gunsmiths combined.
To begin your quest, start with a bit of research before you launch into the melding of metal and wood. While
the internet has gobs of well-meaning websites for your visitation, few are verifiable as to authenticity and fact. Over
the years, our sport has reliably grown due to the contact and first-person conversations with working gunsmiths. While
great longrifle gunsmiths are scattered throughout all of the Keystone State’s counties, one of the best places to meet
many of the best gunsmiths in the country is on the site where most of them gather annually and compete for business.
Apprentices and master gunsmiths alike will have their product judged by a jury of their peers. This large annual gathering is at Dixon’s Gunmakers Fair, located 2 miles north of the Krumsville Exit (just north of Kutztown University) of
Interstate 78 on Route 737. The event is held annually during the last weekend of July. There is a small charge for parking, but admission is free. For seminar topics and presenters, contact the web at www.dixonmuzzleloading.com; or
other information at 610-756-6271.
At some point, you will need to define the style or “school” of stock architecture that your rifle will emulate.
That takes a bit of reading and museum hopping. Early Lancaster flintlock longrifles have a distinctly different look to
their stock profile than Berks or Lehigh Valley rifles. In fact, collectors have identified 12 primary schools and 8 associated schools, according to Tim Lubenesky, President of the Kentucky Rifle Association. “This is the reason why we
have exhibited the 12 schools that are on display at the PA Longrifle Museum at the Jacobsburg Historical Society
campus, east of Christian’s Spring and Nazareth.
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“Building a Pennsylvania Longrifle”, by Dave Ehrig
Each year at the Kutztown Folk Festival (www.kutztownfestival.com) the Jacobsburg Historical Society volunteers display PA Longrifle construction, powder horn and leather bag craftsmen, and a working 18 th Century rifling
machine. To understand how the intricacies of rifling, grooves and barrel length affects flintlock roundball velocity,
stability, and accuracy, it helps to talk to the gunsmiths who have had experience with antique guns and the interpretation of those old skills into new rifles. Moreover, they are their to share there skills and experience with both Transitional (early 17th and 18th Century rifles which were evolving from European Jaegers and longrifles) as well as the high
art of the Golden Age Flintlocks.
The Golden Age of Pennsylvania Longrifles evolved at the hands of gunsmiths from about 1776 to
1825. They were trained as apprentices by the masters in Lancaster, Nazareth, Allentown/Bethlehem, Kutztown,
Alameangal, Womelsdorf-Reading, Lebanon, Dauphin, York, Littlestown, Emmitsburg and Chambersburg schools of
longrifle styles. Using the same hand tools, native hardwoods and wrought iron, training and competition led to the
development of highly artistic locks, stocks and barrels. While most of the early longrifles carried simple incised carvings, Golden Age Longrifles exhibited intricate, raised relief carvings on the forearm, lock/tang and under the cheekpiece. Engraved lock plates, brass thimbles, trigger guards, barrels, and particularly the patch boxes exemplified the
typical American Rifle. Precious metals of gold, silver and even platinum were inlaid into the barrels, as well as into
the intricate relief carvings.
A typical Pennsylvania rifle weighed from seven to nine pounds, with an overall length of a symmetrical fiftyfive inches from muzzle to butt plate. Supposedly its .45 caliber ball could kill man or beast at 300 yards or “bark” a
squirrel from the tallest tree.
Known also, at a later time (post 1812,) as the “Kentucky”
rifle because of the feats performed with it by Daniel
Boone and other woodsmen in winning the land beyond
the mountains as well as its exploits at the Battle of New
Orleans, this superb weapon was the handiwork of several
generations of Pennsylvania gunsmiths. Among the better
known (just to name a very few,) in addition to the earliest
flintlocks by Martin Meylin, others included Andreas
Albrecht, Christian Oerter, William Antes, Jacob Dickert,
Jacob Kuntz, Melchior Fordney, Peter Niehart, Herman
Rupp, Henry Albright, Martin and Daniel Boyer, Matthew
and Peter Roesser, Thomas Butler, Jacob Decherd, Peter
and Henry Leman, Philip Lefevre, Henry Dreppard, several Pannabeckers, and numerous members of the William
Henry family.
Ned Smith’s Pennsylvania Game News cover of December 1974, (Pennsylvania’s renowned wildlife artist)
depicted a Golden Age Pennsylvania Longrifle. Perhaps this rifle struck Ned as an “ideal” type of flintlock rifle. He
wrote, “A splendid example of the Pennsylvania gun maker’s art which I sketched from the collection of Joe Kindig,
Jr., of York, can be seen in the cover painting on this issue. It was built in the early 1800s by David Cooley, who is
thought to have worked in Adams County. The drawing shows this rifle to be a slender 58 1/2 inches in overall length
with a 41 caliber octagon barrel 41 3/4 inches long. The inlays, including a brass patchbox and a silver cheekpiece
oval, are beautifully engraved. The richly figured maple stock is embellished with scroll and boasts cross-hatched carving typical of that era.”
Two years later, at the height of the US Bicentennial Celebration, Ned expressed his feelings about this native
folk art in the July 1976 Game News: “Notes on the Evolution of the Pennsylvania Longrifle.” Ned wrote, “For generations it’s been known as the “Kentucky Rifle.” The reference is to that wild country beyond the Alleghenies where
it proved its worth. But it’s really the ‘Pennsylvania Rifle,’ often called the ‘Pennsylvania Long Rifle,’ for Pennsylvania is where it originated and, with very few exceptions, that’s where it was made. I guess it shouldn’t matter, but it
does. After all, that old flintlock not only was the first truly American firearm, but it also played an important role in
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“Building a Pennsylvania Longrifle”, by Dave Ehrig
shaping a wilderness into what is now the United States of America. And that’s something we Pennsylvanians shouldn’t shrug off.”
The Pennsylvania Longrifle never really left the hearts and minds of artisans, gunsmiths, collectors, hunters
and those who cherish this early American legacy. Ned never forgot, Pennsylvanians never forgot, and today, all
Americans are remembering and thrilling to the sight of this purely American folk art.
The Pennsylvania Flintlock Longrifle is celebrated as one of the finest works of folk art to have ever come out
of Colonial America. But, its history did not end in the 18th Century. Contemporary artisans studied the works of the
old master gunsmiths and faithfully recreated contemporary works of art that rival the originals. Hunters have kept the
faith by establishing deer seasons which would honor the contributions of their forefathers.
If you are old school and prefer reading a book first, before leaping into a project, there is a classic text that is
used my many gunsmiths and their cottage schools across the land. “The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Longrifle” (Ehrig/Miller/Dixon, c1978; in its 14th edition) offers step by step guidance, tool selection, and the many nuances
that are involved in building a longrifle. While many of us in the computer generation may take some reeducation in
the use of hand tools, the book is straightforward on their use, sharpening, and expediency. Also, the recipes for metal
browning/bluing and wood staining and finishing; as well as techniques for wood carving and metal engraving; are
invaluable.
Those desiring a more video graphic approach to shaping wood and metal into a Pennsylvania Longrifle, there
are DVDs on the market. When I had taught PA Longrifle construction as an adult education class at Muhlenberg College back in the 1980s, I used a 1969 Historic Williamsburg (VA) classic film by Wallace Gusler, “The Gunsmith of
Williamsburg.” There has been such demand for this acclaimed film that it has been brought back for builders in a
DVD format. American Pioneer Video also offers three others: Traditional Gunstocking” with Mark Silver laying out,
shaping and inletting wooden stocks; “Building Kentucky Rifles” with Frank and Hershel House, Mike Miller and the
late Ron Ehlert demonstrating authentic, traditional skills; all available at www.americanpioneervideo.com.
Two other video self-help videos now on DVD include James Trupin’s “Building Muzzle-Loaders” parts I and II.
Turpin demonstrates in a step-by-step manner, the construction of both flintlock and caplock rifles/pistols in a traditional manner. Available at www.primitiveartsvideo.com. Homer Dangler, one of the deans of American Longrifles,
teaches building, carving and engraving on DVDs; available at www.homerdangler.com.
Flintlock longrifles are the oldest type of muzzleloader which is still used in hunting. Rifles carrying a full
stock, from the heel to the muzzle, were very common during the Eighteenth Century. Names like “Kentucky Rifle”
and “Pennsylvania Longrifle” are synonymous with colonial Minute Men, and the Appalachian Longhunters. Daniel
Boone’s “Ol’ Tick Licker,” and Davy Crockett’s “Betsy” personified the lock, stock, and barrel of this era. Curly maple stocks, browned octagon barrels, and fiery flintlocks demonstrated their utility, while the brass patch boxes, reliefcarved butt-stocks, and silver inlays expressed their frontier expression of art. These were the accurate shooting
“widow-makers of the Revolutionary War,” and they extended the influence of the buckskin-clad riflemen up, down,
and westward across the Appalachian Mountains. Longrifles, noted for their accuracy, were normally built with calibers in the 40 to 50 range. Most black powder shoots and rendezvous east of the Mississippi, bear witness to the wide
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In 1710 and again in 1730, two great waves of German immigrants moved into the huge valleys between the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers. Many were indentured servants to English masters, others sold most of their worldly
goods just to achieve safe passage. But there was one tool which was considered a necessity and was carried across
the Atlantic. That tool was the flintlock gun of Europe, the smoothbore musket. Flintlock in ignition, smooth of bore
so as to shoot buckshot or roundballs, it was a utilitarian piece used for securing feathered and furred food for the table,
and hides for clothing, shoes and harnesses.
Frontier tools like axes and saws as well as flintlocks were used daily. Repairs were frequent and farmers
were always looking for better ways to make their lives easier. Hunters quickly noticed that the German
“Jaegar” (hunter) rifle and the longer-barreled Swiss Mountain Rifle shot with greater accuracy, and hit with more authority than the old smoothbore musket. .
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“Building a Pennsylvania Longrifle”, by Dave Ehrig
The German, Scots-Irish and French Huguenot immigrants who later became a melting pot known as the Pennsylvania
Dutch, sought out local gunsmiths and demanded improvements. Jaegers could do that, but their slow loading procedure of swaging larger-caliber, over bore-sized lead roundballs down the barrel was both expensive and bothersome to
a frontiersman. From such humble beginnings, a new rifle emerged.
Fortunately, for those who are smitten by the bug to build their own Pennsylvania Longrifle, there is a class
that has been helping apprentices since 2001. At the Belfast Exit of the PA Route 33 of I78, on the campus of the
Jacobsburg Historical Society, is a historic barn that houses about eight students each fall and spring. Each student is
given their own work station, complete with a gun bench and vise. As they build and relax in the shadow of the 250
year-old Nicholas Hawk, log cabin gunshop, their finished products will be on display at the museum.
It is hard to believe that 250+ years later, the venerable Pennsylvania Longrifle continues its role in hunting,
competitive shooting and collections. For many years, George Dech, Rocky Schreck, Scott Shea, Tim Lubenesky and
others have been helping new apprentices to the longrifle get their start.
Besides the obvious advantage of having veteran legendary gunsmiths like Jim Correl and Rich Hujsa looking
over your shoulder, students are supplied with quality locks, stocks and barrels. By ensuring that each student learns to
correctly inlet metal to wood; to properly align locks to barrels; and to create a period correct, school appropriate, and
functional deer hunting longrifle, there is an obvious advantage that books and videos cannot provide.
Longrifles take about 60 to 100 hours of dedicated work to complete. But the experience that is handed down
from one generation to the next expedites that completion. For more information on the next September class at the
JHS Longrifle School, contact www.jacobsburg.org.
Lastly, it is very significant that hunters build Pennsylvania Longrifles. It deserves our respect. Consider its
legendary accuracy, art and beauty, history and significance as a Pennsylvania industry, but most of all, consider its
legacy. But take pride in this new/old symbol of our Commonwealth. In the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
on October 2nd, 2009, it was resolved and declared:
Whereas, Pennsylvania’s gunmaking tradition has played an important role in the development of the
United States of America; and
Whereas, During Pennsylvania’s early history, settlers placed chief reliance on their rifles for sustenance, security and survival; and
Whereas, The Pennsylvania Rifle a unique firearm that was different in principle and outline from any
other weapon in the world, was developed by skilled gunsmiths in the Moravian communities of Christian’s Spring, Northampton County, as well as by artistic riflemaker Martin Meylin, in Willow Street,
Lancaster County; and
Whereas, Playing an important role in the early years of the Industrial Revolution in Pennsylvania and
New England, the Pennsylvania Rifle was also instrumental in the American fur trade and was carried
west and south by frontiersmen as they set out to expand the boundaries of the nation; and
Whereas, The Pennsylvania Rifle has been lauded for its beauty and craftsmanship, as well as the ingenuity of the skilled gunsmiths who crafted it; and
Whereas, The color combinations, carvings, engravings and graceful slenderness of the Pennsylvania
Rifle cause it to stand alone and remain unchallenged as a primary example of early American art; and
Whereas, Future generations should appreciate the heritage of this long barreled rifle, born to artistic
gunsmiths in the communities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: therefore be it
Resolved, that the House of Representatives recognize the significance of the Pennsylvania Rifle in the
history of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Keith R. McCall, Speaker.
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“The Versatility of the Apothecary”
By Sarah White
The role of the apothecary during the Colonial and post-Colonial periods extended far beyond simply providing customers with remedies and medicines. While the apothecary indeed prescribed and provided medical treatments, he also trained apprentices, performed
surgery, made house calls, and even acted as a man-midwife if needed. In preparation for
their varied and demanding profession, apothecaries needed to be trained and qualified in
both medical theory and practice.
Entering into an apothecary’s shop would have been much like walking into a combination of
a drugstore, a kitchen, and a doctor’s office. The shelves on the walls held numerous jars and
containers for storing medications, as well as instruments for combining and dispensing
those medications. The mortar and pestle, traditionally regarded as the symbol of the apothecary, was a staple item in each shop. Many old remedies even served as the basis for modern
medical treatments, such as the use of calamine for skin irritations, and chalk for heartburn.
An apothecary sold and distributed medicines both ready and specialty made, using ingredients from plant, animal, chemical, and mineral sources. Liquids were the most common,
ranging from prescriptions of water-based infusions to alcohol-based tinctures and spirits.
Many medical treatments could be
quite expensive, and as a result
many people commonly attempted to
diagnose their own ailments with the
help of traditional family remedies,
folklore, and at-home remedy books.
Many Colonial and post-Colonial recipe books included home remedies
for common ailments, especially useful for families like the Henrys, who
lived a distance away from major cities.
Medicine bottles in a travelling box.
Yorktown, VA. Photo: Sarah White
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Serving Up History
18th and 19th century Recipes for the 21st century kitchen.
Jacobsburg Brew
Jacobsburg Brew is an original Henry family recipe,
frequently served during the autumn and winter
Months when ingredients are at their peak.
15 cloves
3 to 4 cinnamon sticks
48 oz cranberry juice
1 gal. apple juice or cider
1/4 to 1/3 cup light brown sugar
Bring to boil in an enameled pot.
Lower heat and simmer
for fifteen to twenty minutes.
40th Annual Meeting
of the Jacobsburg Historical Society
Held at the Holy Family Club at
515 Mauch Chunk Street
in Nazareth, PA
On Thursday, November 14, 2013
5:30 p.m. Cash Bar & Conversation
6:30 p.m. Dinner & Evening Program
Annual Meeting
Election of New Board of Directors, State of the Society
Keynote Presentation by Bill McCarthy
“Portfolio of Historical Restoration”
Cost: $30 per ticket
Please R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Dinner is family style including chicken, beef, and vegetable choices.
A silent auction will be available for the duration of the evening.
To R.S.V.P. and for more information,
please contact the JHS office by calling
610.759.9020
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The Jacobsburg Historical Society
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Please mail along with payment to:
Jacobsburg Historical Society, P.O. Box 345, Nazareth, PA 18064
Make checks payable to the Jacobsburg Historical Society.
The Jacobsburg Historical
Society (JHS) is a member
-supported nonprofit organization dedicated to
preserving and presenting
the art and industry of
making early American
firearms, and the character
of the individuals and
community that created
and sustained that enterprise.
The JHS makes its home at
the Boulton Historic Site,
part of the Jacobsburg National Historic District.
Boulton is located north of
Nazareth, PA, on the edge
of the Jacobsburg Stage
Park, just off the Belfast
exit of PA Route 33.
The Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum is located in
the Henry Homestead at
403 Henry Road Nazareth.
The John Joseph Henry
House and Grounds, including the Nicholas Hawk
Gun Shop, are located at
402 Henry Road.
For more information:
P.O. Box 345
Nazareth, PA 18064
610-759-9029
[email protected]
Jacobsburghistory.com
MUSEUM HOURS
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Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum
Noon—4:00 pm every Saturday and Sunday
Beginning of May through the end of October
John Joseph Henry House
Museum and Grounds
Noon—4:00 pm
on the third Sunday of each month.
Group tours are available.
Please contact the Society office to schedule.
ADRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Permit No. 10
Easton, PA
Jacobsburg Historical Society
P.O. Box 345
Nazareth, PA 18064
PAID
U.S. POSTAGE
Non-Profit Org.