The Mail Packet, Deliver'd

Here is your first look at some of the contents of the mail packet delivered on Saturday to the Acastas attending the Jane Austen Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Special thanks again to all who participated in this project and helped to make it a success! More images to come!

Some of the letters from the Mail Packet

A letter to the ship's chaplain, the Rev Mr. Griswold

A letter sealed in black wax, the traditional sign for bad news or death.

All the postmarks were researched and reproduced from original specimens.

Make Way for the Mail!

A sneak preview of the Mail Packet that many of you helped to fill for the Jane Austen Festival this weekend! Keep watching, more mail to come...

The backside of the packet.

The front of the packet.

The Battle of Crysler's Farm 200th part 2

The Battle of Crysler's Farm 200th

Spectacular footage from the dusk battle that took place in Upper Canada Village.

Images from the Flotilla Day 2

Miss Waterman aboard La Revenante

Capt. Hurlbut at the wheel.

Some of the smaller vessels of the flotilla

I even got the opportunity to go aloft.

Another of the men aloft.

Images from the Flotilla