New England - Kirsten Hammerstrom

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New England Spencers

Posted on February 7, 2015 by kittycalash

You may recall how tortured I was (sort of) about making a Spencer for What Cheer Day, concerned that Spencers could not be documented to Rhode Island, let alon...

Food/History/Research

More historical receipts online

Posted on August 22, 2014 by kittycalash

Thanks to the American Antiquarian Society and a grant from the Pine Tree Foundation, you can now access digitized versions of the AAS’s manuscript recipe...

Clothing/Living History/Research

New England Lasses

Posted on September 13, 2013 by kittycalash

Slightly naughty, no? The original is at the American Antiquarian Society, where the date given is 1790-1810, based on the typography (the internal fashion refe...