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... interesting features and a wealth of local color . Perhaps the most immediately strik- · ing , because one of the earliest and most funda- mental , is the contrast between town and country . CHAPTER II TOWN AND COUNTRY THE tilling of ...
... interesting features and a wealth of local color . Perhaps the most immediately strik- · ing , because one of the earliest and most funda- mental , is the contrast between town and country . CHAPTER II TOWN AND COUNTRY THE tilling of ...
Page 44
... interesting chapter in colonial history . In all the colonies , indeed , the eighteenth cen- tury saw a vast deal of land speculation . The merchants and shopkeepers in most of the large towns acted as agents and bought and sold on com ...
... interesting chapter in colonial history . In all the colonies , indeed , the eighteenth cen- tury saw a vast deal of land speculation . The merchants and shopkeepers in most of the large towns acted as agents and bought and sold on com ...
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... interesting to note the peculiar garb of such men as ministers , judges , sea captains , and soldiers ; for the judge on the bench wore his robe of scarlet , the lawyer his suit of black velvet , and officials in office and represent ...
... interesting to note the peculiar garb of such men as ministers , judges , sea captains , and soldiers ; for the judge on the bench wore his robe of scarlet , the lawyer his suit of black velvet , and officials in office and represent ...
Page 83
... interesting of all — clean sheets , but only occasionally clean stockings and handkerchiefs . Soap was frequently included in invoices , much of it made in New England . All Southern plantations had soap houses , with large copper ...
... interesting of all — clean sheets , but only occasionally clean stockings and handkerchiefs . Soap was frequently included in invoices , much of it made in New England . All Southern plantations had soap houses , with large copper ...
Page 85
... Interesting and picturesque as are these mani- fold details of household equipment and personal use in the old colonial days , it is the color and energy of the daily life of the people of that time which make a deeper appeal to the ...
... Interesting and picturesque as are these mani- fold details of household equipment and personal use in the old colonial days , it is the color and energy of the daily life of the people of that time which make a deeper appeal to the ...
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