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Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book

Historic New Orleans Collection

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For more than thirty years George Washington's adopted daughter Nelly Custis Lewis was the mistress of Woodlawn, a large and elegant Virginia plantation. This book reconstructs 176 of Lewis's recipes and provides a wealth of information on nineteenth-century techniques for housekeeping, cooking, and medical practice.

Language: English

Pages: 142

Format: Hardcover

Release: May 01, 1982

ISBN 13: 9780917860096

Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book

Historic New Orleans Collection

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For more than thirty years George Washington's adopted daughter Nelly Custis Lewis was the mistress of Woodlawn, a large and elegant Virginia plantation. This book reconstructs 176 of Lewis's recipes and provides a wealth of information on nineteenth-century techniques for housekeeping, cooking, and medical practice.

Language: English

Pages: 142

Format: Hardcover

Release: May 01, 1982

ISBN 13: 9780917860096

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