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Colonial Trades

General Information

Colonial Williamsburg - All trades
Montgomery Schools Website - All trades

Apothecary/Doctor

How did colonial doctors work? Article about practicing colonial medicine
Apothecary Medicine - student reports on medicine in colonial times
Colonial Williamsburg - detailed article about the lives and practices of colonial apothecaries
Colonial Williamsburg - general information on colonial apothecaries
Colonial Medicine - article by students about colonial apothecaries and doctors
Colonial Diseases and Cures
Physick's Guide To Common Diseases And Cures
Medicine and Health in Colonial Times

Apprenticeships

The Master's Apprentice - Slide show about the life of an apprentice
Q & A: Colonial Apprenticeships - Questions and answers about apprenticeships
Colonial Apprentice - Brief description of life as a Colonial apprentice
The Apprentice - Brief summary of the apprenticed life
- includes information about Ben Franklin's apprenticeship

Blacksmith

Colonial Williamsburg Website #1
Colonial Williamsburg Website #2
Colonial Williamsburg Video on YouTube
Blacksmith Introduction- Solomon Schecter School Website
Pocantico Hills School Report
Montgomery School Student Report
The Colonial Blacksmith - The Most Important Man in the Village
Blacksmith Tools

Broommaker

Early American Brooms

Cabinetmaker

Colonial Williamsburg Website #1
Colonial Williamsburg Website #2
Excerpt from Colonial Craftsmen - Google Book - Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginnings of American Industry by Edwin Tunis
Pocantico Hills School Website
Video from Colonial Williamsburg

Candlemaker

Montgomery School Website
Colonial Candle Making
Colonial Times Candle Making - PDF file

Carpenter

Colonial Williamsburg Website #1
Colonial Williamsburg Website #2

Cobbler

Colonial Williamsburg Website #1
Colonial Williamsburg Website #2
Pocantico School Website

Colonial Cook

Baker and Cook - Articles by students about colonial bakers and cooks
Colonial Recipes
Colonial Williamsburg Foodways
Kitchens - Article describing colonial kitchens
Colonial Williamsburg: Daily Schedule for a Cook in a Colonial Gentry Household
Cooking in Colonial Times
Colonial Desserts
Colonial Food
Claude Moore Colonial Farm - recipes
Claude Moore Colonial Farm - How to make Colonial-style butter & cheese
Chop Wood, Carry Water - news article describing a women’s experience cooking with authentic colonial methods. Includes recipes
Recipes from the past

Cooper

Colonial Williamsburg
Solomon Schecter School
Cooper-ation - Online game from Colonial Williamsburg
Village Carpenter - Blog entry about the process of a colonial barrel making

Glassblower

Pocantico Hills School Website
Glass-Making Tools
Jamestown Glasshouse

Limner

Early American Limner
Halting Time through the Illusion of Portraiture What Tools Did Colonial Limners Use?

Miller

Colonial Williamsburg
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Miller
Montgomery Schools

Milliner

Colonial Williamsburg Website #1
Colonial Williamsburg Website #2
Pocantico Hills School Website
Solomon Schechter Day School Website

Potter

On Pottery in Colonial America
The Potter from Pocantico Hills School Website
Pottery from Montgomery County Schools

Printer

Colonial Williamsburg
The Printer from Pocantico Hills School Website

Schoolmaster

Colonial Williamsburg
Pages of 1807 New England Primer
American Elementary Schools in the 1600s
American Elementary Schools in the 1700s

Shipwright

Shipbuilding in New Jersey
Pocantico Hills School Website

Silversmith

Pocantico Hills School Website
Colonial Williamsburg Website #1
Colonial Williamsburg Website #2

Soapmaker

Colonial Soap making
Colonial Soap making - Super Soap Making

Tanner

About Colonial Leather
Tanner
The Tanner from the New York State Museum
The Tanner from Pocantico Hills School Website

Tavern/Innkeeper

Background Information - background about one tavern and its function
Boston Taverns

Weaver

Colonial Clothing - discusses dying and types of grains used for weaving
Colonial Williamsburg: - general information
Colonial Williamsburg Slide Show
Colonial Williamsburg Weaving Spinning and Dyeing
Colonial Weaving Study Guides
Early American Weaving
Instructions for Weaving a Bag

Wheelwright

Colonial Williamsburg #1
Colonial Williamsburg #2
Solomon Schechter Day School Website

Whitesmith/Tinsmith

Wikipedia Article
Lesson Plan - PDF file
Tinsmithing in America - History and tools of tinsmithing from a contemporary tinsmith using colonial techniques

Wigmaker

Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg Kids
Colonial Williamsburg Photos
Pocantico Hills Schoo Website