I saw these on another list and thought them relevant to the times of our list. Old Names of Diseases (the background music is appropriate!) http://www.geocities.com/sg_russell/illness.htm Old Names of Vocations: http://www.geocities.com/sg_russell/jobs.htm One I've encountered in the journal of loyalist Alexander Chesney was "oeconomist". I didn't see it here (probably means something equivalent to "accountant") I believe the o & e were joined (hard to find in character tables). We'll see if this works: conomist. It shows up in my outgoing, but may not survive the trip to you. Daniel Morgan was referred to as the "Old Waggoner" by himself. I note that it is spelled "wagoner" in this listing and defined as "not for hire". I'd question that definition. We need remember that spelling was much more casual in the 1700s. My ancestor's name was spelled 3 ways in his will! Speaking of old spelling, I ran across the term "atchievements" (used in the sense of "achievements") by Roderick MacKenzie in his "Strictures..." I've not found that in any dictionary as "Brit." or "archaic", but you can do a Google.com search and get a dozen returns where it is used in old books, monuments, etc. A lot of the names for Rev War sites are phonetically derived. The battle at Wahab's Plantation (also the "battle at Waxhaws") was fought on the property of Capt. Wauchope. Phoneticizing is still going on. That property is now found on "Walkup Road". The noted SC historian Edward McCrady put this in the wrong place on his map around 1900. Since no one could believe McCrady could make a mistake, it is still shown on many modern maps of the Rev War as n.w. of the Catawba lands rather than s.e. of them where it really happened. No term is more confusing than that of Waxhaws in Carolina Rev War history (it refers to 3 different battle/skirmishes and to a locale). Only after the treaty was signed at DeWitt's Corner in SC (1761?) could the SC backcountry be settled. I've seen this referred to in old journals as "Duet's Corner". Would you believe that the modern name of the site is "Due West, SC"! When proofreading a draft by an author friend of mind, I questioned why he put a [sic] (which I think are used several times as often as necessary) after the word "piquet". My M-W dictionary on my pc only knows it as a card game. This usage was in the jounal of a loyalist in the Rev War and referred to what we would call "picket". A Google.com search will show it being used in Brit. military writing as late as WWI. It's his book; it will likely get "sic'd"! John Robertson