Name/Title
Home Life in Colonial DaysEntry/Object ID
2012.017.02Description
Reprint of the original 1898 edition, this book is a comprehensive and detailed account of how the colonists built their homes in the wilderness, procured their food, raised their families, worked, and worshiped.
Contents: Homes of the colonists -- The light of other days -- The kitchen fireside -- The serving of meals -- Food from forest and sea -- Indian corn -- Meat and drink -- Flax culture and spinning -- Wool culture and spinning, with a postscript on cotton -- Hand-weaving -- Girls' occupations -- Dress of the colonists -- Jack-knife industries -- Travel, transportation, and Taverns -- Sunday in the colonies -- Colonial neighborliness -- Old-time flower gardens
ix, 470 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2012.017.Source or Donor
Mrs. Jane P. deButtsAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Mrs. Jane P. deButtsLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
United States--Social life and customs--To 1775Book Details
Author
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911Publisher
Berkshire Traveller PressDate Published
1974Call No.
E162 .E18 1974ISBN
0912944234LCCN
7411507Notes
Copy No.: 0Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Alice Morse Earle.
Reprint of the 1898 ed. published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, with a new pref.
Includes index.Created By
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October 1, 2012Updated By
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April 5, 2023