Bringing this back to the top in hopes that someone will provide more information about the colonial use of blue paper.

It is a completely intriguing thought!

And, of troy, of what did you write in talking about those sugar cones? All I can think of are ice cream cones, but I doubt seriously that the colonials had ice cream cones since Dolly Madison has been credited with having brought ice cream to the foreground of national consciousness.

Begging for my little myths to be slashed apart,
WW