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Category Archives: Everyday Life 1775
Watt’s Psalms
Remember this wonderful story from the home page of Revivie 1775? In 1843, 91-year-old Capt. Levi Preston was asked by a young historian why he had fought in the American Revolution. Was it the Stamp Act, the Tea Act, perhaps … Continue reading
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Kindly Point Me to the Loo
I have a dear, sweet friend who is something of a throwback to an earlier, more genteel time. I don’t think she’d mind this characterization. She’s absolutely lovely. The first time I heard her excuse herself and her little girl … Continue reading
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Merry Colonial Christmas – Not
Do a Google search for “Colonial Christmas” and you’ll find that many of the historic homes are all decked out for the holidays. Even Mount Vernon. The Old Bedford Village site entices visitors to “Take a step … Continue reading
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Ladies in state of “undress”
If you’re like me, when you picture the ladies of Lexington, often you see them costumed like Ma Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie. Obviously, there are many similarities. Remember, the Colonial ladies were used to buying … Continue reading
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Spinning and Weaving
In 1767, in their continuing efforts to raise money from the Colonies, where the economy was in really good shape, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which "placed new duties on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea that were imported into … Continue reading
Spring Farming
To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven. Or, as the Geneva Bible – the bible our heroes and heroines in Lexington would have read: To all things there is an appointed time, and … Continue reading
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Whilst I was reading “April Morning”
I’ve always been hesitant to read history. Not because I don’t love history. I do. And historical fiction is such a pleasant way to learn history. But with some history – that which is awash in politics – how can … Continue reading
Grab the Tar and Feathers
Recently I watched the mini-series John Adams. I was enthralled with seeing the locations and people that have become so important in my life. (Yes, I know these were not the “real” people. But that didn’t change my reaction to … Continue reading
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Doctoring in 1775
Doctoring in 1775 was at the beginning of a crossroads that would take it from the apprentice model to the med school model. The first medical school in America was started in Philadelphia in 1768. Two years later another opened … Continue reading
Puritan Weddings
My first book in the Revive 1775 series will revolve around a wedding. I don’t want to give anything away at the moment but what I’ve found out about Puritans and their wedding rituals surprised me and changed things in … Continue reading
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