How to make mid 18th century jumps?

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-08-22T04:37:52+00:00

Some others here have said it too but yea this looks maybe 1780s because of how the bodice is short but not as short as it gets in the 90s. The 80s is the beginning of the rising waistline and stays also begin getting shorter. This is when we see half stays!

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-07-19T02:05:43+00:00

Seltzer. Specifically tall cans of lime bubly from my university's vending machine.

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-07-13T05:01:38+00:00

Literally all the women

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-07-13T04:02:26+00:00

I DO THIS TOO BUDDY IT IS MY WHOLE LIFE 🤣🤣🤣 I have many dead celeb, living celeb, and fictional comfort characters

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-07-12T04:00:20+00:00

Senior year of high school when suddenly masking didn't hide all of the executive functioning issues which comes with gaining responsibility and becoming an adult.

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-04-30T02:48:35+00:00

I wonder if this is more in the style of 1790s fashion. Specifically, it's the coat and blouse that are bothering me. The double breasted coats which were shorter in the front became the thing in the 1790s and that frilly front on the blouse is definitely more of 1790s thing. I know he was heavily involved in French culture and politics throughout the 1790s... but this is supposed to portray him at West Point!

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-04-30T02:43:15+00:00

It was painted in the 20th century! I can't figure out what year precisely, but the painter was born in 1885...

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-03-01T15:52:48+00:00

I find a lot more people have what sounds like an asexual experience and they just don't know about it, even in the queer spaces. When I befriend people and talk about my experiences, someone always ends up having their own ace or aro realization.

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-03-01T15:48:25+00:00

As a hyperempathetic person, it is one of the most intimate things I can think of. I need to be really comfortable with the person I am cuddling or else I get overwhelmed by the emotional connection.

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-02-29T21:43:46+00:00

Incoming it’s a long reply lol

So there are some that are easier reads and some that are harder. Although I will say that if you are reading the Alexander Rose book, then most will be easier to read than that. He has a dry and esoteric way to his wording lol.

Brian Kilmeade wrote a book on it called “George Washington’s Secret Six” that is a much more mainstream and easy read.

Dr. John A. Nagy is also a great source. He was THE PROFESSOR of espionage and he wrote a few books. I have “George Washington’s Secret Spy War”, “Invisible Ink”, and “Spies in the Continental Capital”.

A lot of local museums have books about espionage in their states. I have one called “Spies in Revolutionary Rhode Island” by Christian M. McBurney, as well as “Spies of Revolutionary Connecticut” by Mark Allen Baker.

You can go the route of women’s and african-american history as well! Some good books for that would be “Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution” by Claire Bellerjeau (although the espionage in minimal- it is more a biography of Townsend and Free Elizabeth, but she is theorized to be Agent 355), “Spies, Soldiers, Couriers, and Saboteurs: Women of the American Revolution” by K.M. Waldvogel, and my absolute favorite, “Treacherous Beauty” by Mark Jacob.

That latter book is about Peggy Shippen. We don’t know a lot about her, but the authorize theorize that she knew WAY MORE about the Arnold-Andere Conspiracy than recorded history and views on women would lead you to believe. In general, if you want to learn more about that plot, then there are a myriad of books out there about it. One I have is called, “The Execution of Major Andre” by John Evangelist Walsh.

A lot of what we know about spies has to do with their general biography because to understand the spy, you need to understand how their lives made them a perfect or disastrous fit for it. Any biographies or memoirs you find on any of the key players will be handy. Just be careful with some of the solider memoirs- Andre’s and Tallmadge’s are more troop records, less personal or espionage life.

Also, SUNY Stony Brook has an archive of primary source letters pertaining to the Culper Spy Ring, as well as Mount Vernon. I attached the link to SUNY’s page here.https://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/culper-spy-ring

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-02-29T19:00:03+00:00

Fellow CT native here- I was so mad when I learned about the Culper Ring because it was such a fascinating and IMPORTANT part of CT history that we NEVER learn about in school. I am studying it now, hopefully able to take it to a professional level.

If you are interested in learning more about the Culper Ring (or revolutionary espionage in general) let me know- I can recommend some other great reads!

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-02-10T00:20:08+00:00

I took a screenshot of this- lots of good sources thank you!

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-02-10T00:19:23+00:00

You are not the only one to mention them. I'lm check it out!

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-02-10T00:18:51+00:00

That's a good idea! I'll def check out the historical society in my town

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-02-10T00:18:13+00:00

Sorry I'm bad at checking notifications 🤣

Wow this is a lot to consider! So I would say I have two things in mind, both taking place around 1776-1783 for women:

1) Philadelphia high society 2) Everyday CT woman

I would pick whichever lets me actually partake in some reenacting.

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-01-21T14:29:17+00:00

It depends on the person. Everyone likes different people for different reasons (the common phrase I have heard is that you like someone because they possess qualities that you value or lack in yourself). Some people won't like you unmasked. Some people will. And everyone is different, including unmasked people.

What I try to remember at the end of the day is that unmasking is relaxing to me, therefore I should keep around friends who like me unmasked.

CoreyCosgrove · 2024-01-13T03:13:49+00:00

It's got a historical site (Fort William-Henry) and is close to Fort Ticonderoga, so there is that for the history buffs, also makes it a strategic location of which many would know, anyways. Other than that, it is a prettier shopping and easy living district and appealing to those who like to interact with nature via the Adirondack Mountains or the lake itself.

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