I am reading the book right now - early on, when John is about 41, indeed they do not have any servants except one girl who lived (and died, I might add, of an epidemic) while John was in Philadelphia. By this time-the Adams of Braintree Massachusetts, were 4th generation American farmers; who did lots of things on the side to survive, from shoe cobbling to malt making. I am enjoying the book.... Sg Oh, I forgot to add some costume content! One anecdotal note was made when Abigal asked John to buy her a bundle of pins from Philadelphia: '''The cry for pins is so great that what we used to buy for 7 shilling and six pence are now 20 shillings and not to be had for that." A bundle of pins contained six thousand, she explained. These she could sell for hard money or use for barter."
> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:28:43 -0600> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] John Adams HBO series> > Pierre & Sandy > Pettinger wrote:> Servants? What servants? I'd expect the Adams' to have a > couple > farmhands and at least one girl in the house, but I've seen none. > > There's no way Abigail is running the farm by herself with 3 small kids. > > They might have a cow and some chickens, but no way there's a crop > coming > without help.> > > > Dawn _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
