I dimly remember reading something somewhere a couple of years ago about how George Washington made a special big deal out of recruiting shoe makers in the American Revolution. Does anyone remember any specifics about that? This may be a wild idea, but I have just found on a 1779 Hartford, Windsor Co., VT deed that Rowland POWELL, one of my ancestors, did not travel from Lebanon, CT directly to Hartford, VT as previously advertised, but rather laid over at Brimfield, MA in between. And on his 1779 deed at Hartford, VT he is mentioned as being a "cordwainer," i.e., a maker of shoes. Also, he is believed by various folks to have served in the American Revolution, and he is listed as a private in the Revoultion in the DAR Patriot Index. This jiggled that old dusty half-memory that George Washington made special efforts to get shoe makers enlisted. Where did I hear about the shoe maker thing? What was that? Lester Powers lesterps@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.