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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... gave over prib- bles and prabbles , " and married , at the age of seventeen , Edward Packard . I remember the moment , when , after a short ride , I first entered my adopted home in the North Square , one of the most genteel quarters in ...
... gave over prib- bles and prabbles , " and married , at the age of seventeen , Edward Packard . I remember the moment , when , after a short ride , I first entered my adopted home in the North Square , one of the most genteel quarters in ...
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... gave her a calico bag , containing iron holders , kettle hold ers , wipers , and dishcloths , presented me by an old aunt , who had quilted them for the occa- sion , and who said , with a commiserating voice , as she presented them ...
... gave her a calico bag , containing iron holders , kettle hold ers , wipers , and dishcloths , presented me by an old aunt , who had quilted them for the occa- sion , and who said , with a commiserating voice , as she presented them ...
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... gave me a rag - bag , and repeated to me an anecdote she was fond of relating , of a lady in Cambridge , who sold rags enough at four cents a pound to buy herself a silver porringer . " And mind , Clarissa , " con- tinued she , " that ...
... gave me a rag - bag , and repeated to me an anecdote she was fond of relating , of a lady in Cambridge , who sold rags enough at four cents a pound to buy herself a silver porringer . " And mind , Clarissa , " con- tinued she , " that ...
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... gave a kind of sigh , as it were , not sorrowful , but as if she was satisfied , and squeezed his hand , and so she died . " The sun rose then quite glorious . The light didn't look right to me ; it shot to my heart like ice , and I ...
... gave a kind of sigh , as it were , not sorrowful , but as if she was satisfied , and squeezed his hand , and so she died . " The sun rose then quite glorious . The light didn't look right to me ; it shot to my heart like ice , and I ...
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... gave me a hint of what she called manners in her reception . Another peculiarity of Cinda's was to ex- amine every new purchase of mine , and ask the price , and sometimes the ornaments of my visiters did not escape this ordeal . I was ...
... gave me a hint of what she called manners in her reception . Another peculiarity of Cinda's was to ex- amine every new purchase of mine , and ask the price , and sometimes the ornaments of my visiters did not escape this ordeal . I was ...
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