Saturday, February 27, 2010

When the puritans came to america, did they have glass windows? (not stained glass, but clear window glass)?

Oiled cloth would have been the window covering of choice.


However, that is just a guess. Here is a site with a photo of a house from Plymouth Village...Look carefully, at the window and you will see shutters, not glass.When the puritans came to america, did they have glass windows? (not stained glass, but clear window glass)?
Glass had been invented, but I doubt that the Pilgrams had space to carry such fragile things.

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