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Customs and Fashions of Old New England

Year

2024

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

11h 47m

Publication Information

Blackstone Publishing

Summary

Contents I. "Child Life" II. "Courtship and Marriage Customs" III. "Domestic Service" IV. "Home Interiors" V. "Table Plenishings" VI. "Supplies of the Larder" VII. "Old Colonial Drinks and Drinkers" VIII. "Travel, Tavern, and Turnpike" IX. "Holidays and Festivals" X. "Sports and Diversions" XI. "Books and Book-Makers" XII. "Artifices of Handsomeness" XIII. "Raiment and Vesture" XIV. "Doctors and Patients" XV. "Funeral and Burial Customs"

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