[MassHistPres] Reason fro brick nogging

[Anne Grady]

I concur with the previous writers that the reasons for filling walls with brick were probably for insulation and protection from vermin, but I have never read anything written in the 17th or 18th centuries about the reasons.  I remember Abbott Cummings being asked once about brick nogging.  He said wasn't certain, but pointed out the great need for insulation.  He cited a quote from Judge Samuel Sewall, who said, "The ink froze in  my inkwell, though I write by a good fire in my wife's chamber."

Anne