tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206982072987423771.post2602456811825428717..comments2024-01-28T13:32:47.733-05:00Comments on Port Tobacco Archaeological Project: Small FindsApril M. Beisawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019923628257305222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206982072987423771.post-66203995006658471232009-07-25T11:21:46.356-04:002009-07-25T11:21:46.356-04:00Good point. The glass factory at Jamestown was sho...Good point. The glass factory at Jamestown was short-lived (I can't remember how long, but it was a few months to a few years) and it is unlikely that it produced many beads. Certainly imported trade beads throughout the 17th and early 18th centuries far outweighed the Jamestown settlers "Tryall of Glasse." I think it was Jean Harrington who published a small booklet on the Jamestown glass making venture...my copy doesn't seem to be readily at hand.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16395015722370190000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1206982072987423771.post-37793169639571129332009-07-24T16:53:24.724-04:002009-07-24T16:53:24.724-04:00Jim:
If you will refer to pages 6 & 7 of Willi...Jim:<br />If you will refer to pages 6 & 7 of William J. Graham's study on the Indians of Port Tobacco River you will find that there was a glass trading bead factory in Jamestown in 1622 and that some of those beads may have been traded by the English to the Indians of the Potomac. Could this be one of them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com