Other Topics
Gentle reader: I continue to migrate content over to this new site. These indices are not yet complete.
You may click on the activated links below to view the content that has found a new home here, or find what you seek at the older site at www.larsdatter.com/18c/other.html.
Your humble ſervant,
Mrs. Harris
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Agriculture, farming, gardening, and husbandry
Beekeeping
Candles and candle-making
Cookbooks and recipes
Etiquette and manners
Soap
Life in 18th century America
Runaway ads
More primary sources, including letters and journals
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Cookbooks
Bread
Butter churns
Chocolate
Coffee and coffeehouses
Gingerbread
Inns & Taverns
Mead
Punch
Tea
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Dolls
Board games
Playing cards
Pantin
Rattles
Additional toys and games
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Chatelaines and equipages
Coats of arms embroidered by New England schoolgirls
Dyes and dyeing
Housewifes (hussifs, sewing rolls)
Irons
Knitting (and knitting sheaths)
Knotting
Lacemakers
Milliners and millinery shops
Patched clothing
Quilts: Patchwork and Wholecloth
Sewing kits (including work-baskets, work-tables, hussifs, needlecases, etc.)
Spinning with a distaff and spindle
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Primary sources relating to candles and candle-making
Chambersticks
Lanterns
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Baskets: Pottles and Pack Baskets
Bed warmers
Beekeeping
Birdcages
Blacksmiths
Books for young readers about 18th century life and history
Babywearing and baby slings
Ear trumpets
Fishing & angling
Booths at fairs
Knife grinders
Mops
Peglegs
Printed art and other broadsides displayed on walls
Recipes for Fashion (1753)
Sedan chairs
Tinkers
Toilettes, dressing tables, and dressing rooms
Wallets
Watering cans
