tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475406891215884280.post4718866486176676097..comments2023-11-11T10:14:32.543-05:00Comments on Contemporary Makers: “The Yadkin” by T.C. AlbertContemporary Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15244828145296087442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2475406891215884280.post-56848373002311535382011-08-04T14:03:21.565-04:002011-08-04T14:03:21.565-04:00Three points here:
Wachovia was not established...Three points here: <br /> Wachovia was not established to support missionary work, or extend missionary work to the Indians of the SE. The directives sent from Bethlehem strickly forbid anything of that nature. Wachovia was established as a plantation to support Bethlehem as they were experiencing severe financial and legal troubles in the 1740's and 50's. Read Thorp's book.<br />2. The Great Wagon Road DID pass through the Bryant Settlement. Bryant is credited with cutting the road from VA to the Yadkin. The Wagon Road is marked as such on the 1756, 1758, 1759 (and so on...) maps of the area. If folks were calling it the Great Wagon Road in 1756, it certainly is the Great Wagon Road.<br />3. There is at least 1 surviving pouch from the 3rd quarter of the 18th century preserved at Old Salem with a possible Moravian attribution. A copy can be seen easily in the leather shop in the Single Brother's house. The original is incredibly simple and looks no where near as fancy as this piece presented here.J Meliusnoreply@blogger.com