I have found here in Massachusetts that you can often purchase for small money copies of maps from the 1700s and 1800s showing where people had homes in those days. Sometimes the maps will show you where roads no longer exist from those time periods. The homes have long vanished but partial...
A good way to transport bottles is to use milk cartons and plastic milk boxes.Cut the top off a 1/2 gallon or quart and clean it out with soap and hot water. Tip the cartons upside to drain. When dry you can put 9 half gallons in a milk box or 16 quart size in a milk box. It could be cumbersome...
There is an insulator club in New England. It is called The Pole Cat Insulator Club. They should have a site on line. You might want to reach out to them for some information on this insulator. Bill Rose, Little Rhody Bottle Club, 508-880-4929
You are on a great site. Those are good bottles. You are into 1800s (the amber (brown)flask and early 1900s with the New York bottle. That would required someone with a tumbling machine to clean off the haze or cloudiness. Dig down till the soil is clear of broken glass and dig out in all 4...