This notice is cross posted to both ARCH-L and MUSEUM-L. Please excuse any duplications. New book: Hamilton, Martha Wilson 1995 Silver in the Fur Trade. Chelmsford, MA. 238 pp., 220 illus., 8.5" x 10", soft cover. ISBN 0-9646087-0-7 US$45/C$58 (incl. S/H) This book documents over 250 trade silver makers' marks and their biographies, and summarizes historic Native American, British, French, Dutch and American trade routes. A section on forms explains traditional construction, prescribed shapes, and Native names and uses. Text describes relationship and significance of native beliefs, the importance of "luminosity" and the meaning of the shapes which persisted for over two hundred years. Order (check or money order only) from: Martha W. Hamilton 15 Bartlett Street Chelmsford, MA 01824 Phone: (508) 256-6017 This book has a glowing endorsement from Charles Hanson of the Museum of the Fur Trade. It sounds like a winner to me. Chris J.-Andersen ([log in to unmask])