“Now Selling at Prime Cost”
Although I’ve portrayed a milliner before, the earliest iteration has been as a shopkeeper in August, 1804, so I thought it best to refresh my knowledge of what...
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The Widow will See You Now
Part five: portraying Widow Weed I almost prefer first person interpretation, largely because it catches visitors a little off-guard, excites their curiosity, a...
“shop medicines, ointments, and salves”
Part three of a series So what did Elizabeth Weed prepare and sell? What remedies were used and preferred in 1777 Philadelphia? And where to look? The ad is exp...
“may depend on being supplied”
Part two of a series A newspaper ad can be a rickety thing on which to build a persona when it’s not a runaway ad. Those will give you what the person is ...
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