Moccasins in the city
Jun 1, 2022 15:42:41 GMT -7
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Post by armando on Jun 1, 2022 15:42:41 GMT -7
Moccasins
While reading this journal of a British traveler in America in 18/early 19th century came across this reference to a tavern owner wearing moccasins.
This is noteworthy because this is not on a frontier settlement or outer reaches of a colony but in what is now called Newark New Jersey, 1798. just a ferry ride across from New York City.
The wearing of moccasins in early America, even in larger towns/cities, was as ubiquitous as sneakers today apparently. 
 of course it doesn’t mention the pattern and I wonder if for cobblestones, etc. they would’ve added a sole (unlike the eastern woodlands pattern I use).
While reading this journal of a British traveler in America in 18/early 19th century came across this reference to a tavern owner wearing moccasins.
This is noteworthy because this is not on a frontier settlement or outer reaches of a colony but in what is now called Newark New Jersey, 1798. just a ferry ride across from New York City.
The wearing of moccasins in early America, even in larger towns/cities, was as ubiquitous as sneakers today apparently. 
 of course it doesn’t mention the pattern and I wonder if for cobblestones, etc. they would’ve added a sole (unlike the eastern woodlands pattern I use).