Post by coot on Mar 31, 2020 12:54:27 GMT -7
Just received an interesting little book - "Point Blankets" by Harold Tichenor. Among other tidbits, the author mentions that 4 point blankets were more or less the standard for colonial militia, that in Canada, blankets have been made into clothing since at least the 17th c, that the "points" (likely from the French "empointer" meaning to make threaded stiches) indicated the size, not the cost in pelts, and that in the early 18th c at Fort Niagara, the most commonly traded blankets were 2 points (roughly 4 feet by 5 feet) indicating the principal use then and there as wearing rather than sleeping robes.
