Show 71 TD mark on clay pipes traced to indian tastes buchanan mich smokers of clay pipes now can understand why the letters TD are inscribed on the bowls due to the curiosity of john C birdsell Bird stU birdsell found a pipe with the letters encircled by 13 stars stare on the site of an indian village between niles and buchanan and made mad a study of the problem he found that shortly after the revolution Rt a scotchman thomas duncan made mad a pipe for indian trade inscribed with his initials and 13 stars for the original colonies the indians liked the pipes so well that they would buy only those marked TD 11 Pird birdsell sell said other manufacturers manufacturer adopted the th marking |