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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... husband . How bright were those new tins and brasses , arranged with ostentatious glitter on the walls and dresser ! How comfortable that suspended warming - pan ! How red and clean those bricks , that extended to the right and left ...
... husband . How bright were those new tins and brasses , arranged with ostentatious glitter on the walls and dresser ! How comfortable that suspended warming - pan ! How red and clean those bricks , that extended to the right and left ...
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... husband was at home nearly all the first week , and my mother , nominally my guest , re- lieved me from every care ; but on the Monday following , she returned to her own residence , Edward went to his office , and I was left alone , I ...
... husband was at home nearly all the first week , and my mother , nominally my guest , re- lieved me from every care ; but on the Monday following , she returned to her own residence , Edward went to his office , and I was left alone , I ...
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... husband's absence , I went into the kitchen , and offered to assist Nancy in making a pudding . My overtures were coldly received , but I thought that that might be " her way , " and I proceeded to break the eggs , giving little Polly ...
... husband's absence , I went into the kitchen , and offered to assist Nancy in making a pudding . My overtures were coldly received , but I thought that that might be " her way , " and I proceeded to break the eggs , giving little Polly ...
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... husband's impatience , he had hurried through his business , and thinking to give me a pleasant surprise , stood by my side . I cannot describe his concern at my situation , while I , mortified to the heart at having exposed A ...
... husband's impatience , he had hurried through his business , and thinking to give me a pleasant surprise , stood by my side . I cannot describe his concern at my situation , while I , mortified to the heart at having exposed A ...
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