Thursday Trivia

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When I think of the West Indies I think of rum. So a WAG would be kegs or barrels.

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West Indies equals shipping so I guess ship masts.

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Wooden Nickles of course.

T.

Nope ;-)

Nope

Naah...

Hint

This product is a bit more precise than the guesses. I believe that the main area they came from was in Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania? Must be pencils! :-)

Not a Product of Woodworking but a Product of Wood

was pine pitch and tar. This was such an important commodity to England that it was considered a national defense issue at the time. Britain had pretty much deforested itself, for commercial scale harvesting, by the late 1600s. There was no viable source for pitch and pine tar in the Isles; yet it was a critical item needed for the Navy and commerce. They could get it from Norway and Sweden but that was a sometimes tenuous source for political reasons.

The vast pine forests of Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas were harvested and burned to render the pitch and tar that caulked British commercial and Navy vessels. Losing access to them was a major blow to Britain after the Revolution and was a factor in the War of 1812.

Obviously not what Dan's looking for, but a great bit of trivia that few people know about anymore.

BobH, FOIBLK

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Not so much from Philly and PA until the 1760s. The earliest products came mostly from Boston and were colloquially called Boston.......... Oops, I'm clumsy today and I'm going to have to go and sit down. Sorry, someone else can answer.

...baked beans?....

....cream pie? Hmmm?

T.

No, hint #2

It is a furniture item;-) Originally designed/built in England.

Not True

Hi Dan,

I think you are refering to Windsor chairs, but they were not exported to the West Indies and other places until the mid 1700s. so called "Boston Chairs" which were of the Jacobean (late Pilgirm to William and Mary) style began being exported around 1680 to 1700 far before Windsors even arrived in the New World.

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Is it a "spice cabinet"?

Pennsylvania origin yes, and even England perhaps, but Boston doesn't click for me.

Except

In that time frame, the US did not exist ;-)

Answer

I was referring to Windsor chairs. The operative part of this is the early days of the US. There were other types of chairs and furniture exported earlier, but the US (as a separate country) did not exist them ;-)