Research,
Writing and Crafts from Colonial
America.
by
Robert Lienemann and friends.
The early Moravian communities were
“closed”, German speaking, and
included members as missionaries to the
Native Americans who came and went
regularly, along with other members who
remained in the community to produce the
food, clothing, tools and other
materials necessary for the mission
work. Many trades were developed and
practiced. The community would set up a
“Strangers’ Store” to import items
they did not make themselves, and to
sell their excess production to
“strangers” - neighbors who did not
reside within the closed community.
If the gunstocker needed a lock, it was
often provided and credited from this
store, while finished firearms, coffee
mills, redware, butter and many other
products were sold there. An English
speaking citizen, wise to the ways of
the world, was contracted to operate the
store - someone like Mr. Conner. In this
way, the craftsmen remained focused upon
their work.
An
example of the pieces needed when in the
planning stages.
.54
cal. rifle by J. Brooks after J Andreas
Albrecht ca. 1755.
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Photos,
Text, Graphics, & Design by The
Stranger's Store".
