Recollections of a HousekeeperApplewood Books, 2008 - 160 páginas Catherine Gilman's 1834 work provides a picture of domestic life and manners in New England. Claiming to take as her source the mingled results of observation and experience, Gilman's work provides insight into the life of a homemaker in nineteenth-century New England and is the precursor to her later Recollections of a Southern Matron. Taken as a pair, the two works provide insight into the regional differences in domestic economy between the North and the South in antebellum America. |
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... The new carpet , new chairs , and new mahogany , with its virgin hue , undarkened by wax and turpentine , are all before me . My mother was with me , and though she held one of my hands , and my husband the other , 16 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... The new carpet , new chairs , and new mahogany , with its virgin hue , undarkened by wax and turpentine , are all before me . My mother was with me , and though she held one of my hands , and my husband the other , 16 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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... chair , which ac- commodates one instead of three ! I had often presided in a parlour , but never before was mis- tress of a kitchen ! A council had been called previous to my marriage , of the number of " help " which we * should ...
... chair , which ac- commodates one instead of three ! I had often presided in a parlour , but never before was mis- tress of a kitchen ! A council had been called previous to my marriage , of the number of " help " which we * should ...
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... chair at right angles with its neighbour , while books and knick - knacks , as drawing - room luxuries , were unknown . To amuse the tedious hours of my husband's absence , I went into the kitchen , and offered to assist Nancy in making ...
... chair at right angles with its neighbour , while books and knick - knacks , as drawing - room luxuries , were unknown . To amuse the tedious hours of my husband's absence , I went into the kitchen , and offered to assist Nancy in making ...
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... She went into the sitting - room , where the chairs still stood , thick and close , and sat down , and there wasn't one of us that know'd what to say . You know , ma'am , if she 8 . had only took on , we could have. A HOUSEKEEPER . 43.
... She went into the sitting - room , where the chairs still stood , thick and close , and sat down , and there wasn't one of us that know'd what to say . You know , ma'am , if she 8 . had only took on , we could have. A HOUSEKEEPER . 43.
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... chair near her " Lucy , " I said , cheerfully , " I will be the beautiful thing to which you shall be at- tached in this world ; so do not talk of another , dear . " I was checked by the pressure of 48 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... chair near her " Lucy , " I said , cheerfully , " I will be the beautiful thing to which you shall be at- tached in this world ; so do not talk of another , dear . " I was checked by the pressure of 48 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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