{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"a genealogist&#039;s sketchbook","provider_url":"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook","author_name":"Nat Taylor","author_url":"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/archives\/author\/nat","title":"Pitcairn's pistols were Crosbie's\u2014heraldry on a famous revolutionary artifact - a genealogist&#039;s sketchbook","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QjJcfPKG60\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/archives\/300\">Pitcairn&#8217;s pistols were Crosbie&#8217;s\u2014heraldry on a famous revolutionary artifact<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/archives\/300\/embed#?secret=QjJcfPKG60\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Pitcairn&#8217;s pistols were Crosbie&#8217;s\u2014heraldry on a famous revolutionary artifact&#8221; &#8212; a genealogist&#039;s sketchbook\" data-secret=\"QjJcfPKG60\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"The first spoils of the Revolutionary War are surely the handsome pair of Murdoch pistols long attributed to Major John Pitcairn, who is said to have lost them on April 19 1775 during the harrowing return from Concord to Boston (they were variously said to have been in the baggage train, or on his horse). [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/pitcairn_repr.jpg"}