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Bound Collections: The first five years (1998-2002) and the second five years (2003-2007) of PAST MASTERS News collected in one bound volume for each date range -- a savings of nearly half the cost of ordering individual back issues.

Vol. 6, #1 -- Winter 2003: Fuel for the Fire; ATF & OSS (Tobacco, Part 2); The "Saccharine Juice of the Maple Tree"; Clarissa's Corner (Women's Ornaments); Wallops and Walms; The Happy Housewife; receipts; more.

Vol. 6, #2 -- Spring 2003: Who Was Benjamin Hawley?; Coffee; ATF & OSS (Firearms); Smallpox, Part 1; Clarissa's Corner (Practical Jokes), The Happy Housewife; more.

Vol. 6, #3 -- Summer 2003: The A-Maizing Corn of the Delaware Valley; Vinegar; ATF & OSS (Hemp); Smallpox, Part 2; Clarissa's Corner (Scents and Stenches), The Happy Housewife; more.

Vol. 6, #4 -- Fall 2003: Taking a Look at 18th Century Spectacles; Vinegar, Part 2; ATF & OSS (Poppy Products); Clarissa's Corner (Generalists or Specialists?), The Happy Housewife; more.

Vol. 7, #1 -- Winter 2004: Salt, "a taste well known to every body"; "There be diuerse Sorts of Pepper"; ATF & OSS (Food Adulterants); Clarissa's Corner (Keeping Foods); The Happy Housewife; more.

Vol. 7, #2 -- Spring 2004: Salt, "...directly salt it down..." (Salt, Part II); "...and called it macaroni" (pasta); Mythbusters (Tea in the 18th Century); Clarissa's Corner (seed findings); The Happy Housewife, more.

Vol. 7, #3 -- Summer 2004: Poison Ivy; Everybody Talks About the Weather; Clarissa's Corner (Rashes); Nature Notes from the Past; It's in the Details, more.

Vol. 7, #4 -- Fall 2004: The Elusive Eel; Everybody Talks About the Weather, Part 2; Clarissa's Corner (Butchering);"Sure, I can do that!" Adventures in
Cooking; From Head to Toe Exhibit at Pottsgrove Manor

Vol. 8, #1 -- Winter 2005: The Mythical Bodice; Clarissa's Corner (Substitutions); Everybody Talks About the Weather, Part 3; More on Natural Dyeing; It's in
the Details (Appearances)

Vol 8, #2 -- Spring 2005: "Baa, Humbug?", Sheep Diseases Now and Then; "Norman" Conquest; Clarissa's Corner (Lamb's Ears); Mutton Dressed as Lamb; Woolen & Worsted; Bride Cake

Vol. 8, #3 -- Summer 2005: Isinglass - More Receipts!; Mythbusters: Tomatoes, also called Love Apples; The Further Adventures of Norman; Everybody Talks About the Weather, Part 4; Clarissa's Corner (Catchup, Catsup, Katchup, Ketchup?)

Vol 8, #4 -- Fall 2005: What "Wood" They Have Used?; Soups; Clarissa's Corner (Fences); Follow-up on Weather; more

Vol. 9, #1 -- Winter 2006: Fire! Fire!; Happy Birthday Mr. Franklin; cochineal; Clarissa's Corner (Waste Not, Want Not); Observations about Candles; Can Spring Be Far Behind?; Happy Housewife; more

Vol. 9, #2 -- Spring 2006: Papermaking 101; Paper & More; Marigolds, then & Now; Clarissa's Corner (Breakfast); Happy Housewife; more

Vol. 9, #3 -- Summer 2006: Fans; Insects!; Marigolds Part 2; Happy Housewife (Summer is the Time for Dairying); Clarissa's Corner (Our "enlightened" views); more

Vol. 9, #4 -- Fall 2006: "Back to Our Roots" - Scorzonera; Skirrets (Part I); The Radiant Radishes; The "Beet" Goes On; Happy Housewife; Clarissa's Corner (Turnips); more

Vol. 10, #1 -- Winter 2007: "General Washington's Housekeeper;" Using Bladders in the 18th Century; Poem: On Hearing the Organ at St. Paul's; Clarissa's Corner (Waste Not, Want Not: Number Two, using feces in the "world of William Penn"), more

Vol. 10, #2 -- Spring 2007: Women's 18th C. Reproduction Clothing: What every Male Reenactor Should Know; Gum Arabic; Animals in the World of William Penn (Part I); Clarissa's Corner ("One year's seedling, seven year's weeding"); The Happy Housewife (Scurvy Advice); 18c Advice for Growing Mustard, more

Vol. 10, #3 -- Summer 2007: "Of Sorrels there are many sorts..."; Karen Hess; Mustard, "...a very Wholesome and Excellent Thing;" Clarissa's Corner (Mustard); Animals in the World of William Penn (Part II), more

Vol. 10, #4 -- Fall 2007: Parsnips, "an excellent sweet Root;" Daucus carota - A Colorful Family; Skirrets, Part II: Never Give Up; Clarissa's Corner (The root of the matter...)