Greetings from Bethlehem Trading Post
We are a family business dedicated to providing the Reenactment Community with high quality Historical Clothing and Supplies. We started reenacting as a family over 20 years ago and participated as a sutler in numerous events throughout New England and East Coast. Over time we have provided custom cut clothing items, hand knit goods and hand sewn bags for the reenactor community and museums like Fort Ticonderoga, Museum of American Revolution, Old Barracks Museum, Freedom Trail Foundation, and even Colonial Williamsburg among many others.
About Our Products
Listed on our Hand Knit Goods page, our wool items are hand knit using period correct patterns with pure wool yarn from the MacAusland's Woolen Mills. With these items your outdoors adventures will be even more enjoyable and we offer a wide variety of styles and colors.
Authentic Reproductions of 17th and 18th Century Shirts, Shifts, Breeches, Waistcoats and Coats
Available in a large variety of styles and sizes as well as a custom size option these are all constructed following period correct patterns and using only pure linen or wool fabrics. For these items check our Women's Clothing and Men's Clothing pages. We use linen from the Fabric Store and BH Linen and wool flannels from the Dorr Mill.
Merino Wool and Cotton Stockings, Cravats and Scarves and Other Accessories
These can be found on our Accessories page. The Merino Wool and Cotton Stockings are Delp Items produced by Mike Delp.
Hand Sewn Reproductions of 17th and 18th Century Bags and Packs
These can be found on our Hand Sewn Bags and Packs page. These are made with high quality pure linen fabric, sewn with heavy linen thread and finished with period correct buckles and buttons, making them not only a practical and necessary item for your 17th and 18th Century adventures, but also a very authentic item that you can confidently add to your kit to complete your period correct look.
Friends of Bethlehem Trading Post
Harmon's Snowshoemen - New England based 17th and 18th century reenacting group, our home group.www.snowshoemen.com
Wulff's Rangers - A colonial ranger group in Michigan led by friend and well known historic research author Matt Wulff.www.wulffsrangers.com
Colonial Baker - Colonial Baker is dedicated to the study of 18th century baking in colonial North America. Jeff Pavlik dit Boulanger, who is a historian as well as proprietor and owner of a bakehouse is also the owner and operator of this very informative and interesting site:www.colonialbaker.net
The Burning of the Valleys Military Association (BVMA) is composed of units which reenact, mostly, the Revolutionary War in the Mohawk, Schoharie and Upper Hudson Valleys.www.bvma.org
RE Davis - The R.E. Davis Company sells a variety of items for the history minded. For nearly 40 years we have been one of the leaders in manufacturing muzzleloading firearm components, including locks, triggers, mounts and accessories.http://www.redaviscompany.com/index.html
The Muzzleloader Magazine - a great source for American history articles and living history stories and resources.
https://www.muzzleloadermagazine.com/
