"If you lived in earlier times in America, closets were a rarity. If you think the IRS is a pain now, early Americans were taxed on closets! Anything with a door in a wall was considered a room, rooms were taxed as part of the house. No wonder folks had so many cupboards, chests, boxes, etc. Clothes were stored in a linen press, blankets and quilts in a blanket chest, sugar in a sugar chest (with a lock!), pies in a pie safe- you get the picture!
Back in 1784 a baby girl was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Her name was Hannah Davis and she didn’t have a very easy life. . . ."
This is a fascinating story about a women who took her circumstances in hand and through "Yankee ingenuity" found a craft that would sustain her life. . .
No comments:
Post a Comment