Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780917860096)

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.

Author: Patricia Brady Schmit
ISBN-10: 0917860098
ISBN-13: 9780917860096
Publisher: Historic New Orleans Collection
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2019
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.32w x 0.66d