Researching Clothing

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipt for the Million 1857? 157. To make Starch—Dissolve as much starch as will be required in a very small quantity of cold water; then pour boiling water on it till it is of the right consistency, and let it boil once or twice. In...

Drawing Tea and Research Plans III

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 2078. Why will a black teapot make a better tea than a bright metal one, if it is set on the hob to “draw”?  2079 Because the black teapot will absorb heat plentifully from the fire and keep the water...

Drawing Tea and Research Plans II

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 2076. Do not pensioners, and aged cottagers, generally prefer the black earthen teapot to the bright metal one? 2077. Yes, because they set it on the hob to “draw;” in which , the little black teapot...

Drawing Tea and Creating a Research Plan

What is in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 2074. Why will not a dull black teapot make good tea? 2075.  Because the heat of the water flies off so quickly, through the dull black surface of the tea pot, that the water is very rapidly cooled, and...

History Map on-line

All places have secrets or stories to tell. How they got settled. Why they went away. Who was there first. I have been researching the “Lost Cities of Skagit County.”  The county is located in Western Washington, about 50 miles north of Seattle. It’s...

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