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Clifts at Stratford Hall on a Cold Day in January 2016 - 8x10 print

This photo was taken on a cold day n January 2016 on the shore of the Potomac River close to the Grist Mill at Stratford Hall. Two entries from Philip Vickers Fithian Journal concerning cold weather.

 

Teusday 11._ January 1774 “The morning very cold--As cold I think, and the Frost seems to be as intense & powerful as I have ever known it either at Cohansie or at Princeton.”

Thursday 22._ September 1774 “A pure cold northerly wind still blows, & we all keep Fires--Peaches & Fruit are omitted at Dinners, & Soup or Broth is brought in; Milk and Hominy at Breakfast too are laid by & Coffee & Sage Tea brought in; Our Suppers are Coffee & Bred & butter--_Neatness_ _variety_ & _Plenty_ are reigning Characters in our worthy oconomist Mrs Carter. . . .”

 

From “Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.” by Philip Vickers Fithian. You can buy a used copy of this book, as I did, or you can download a free copy from The Project Gutenberg www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40044

 

Taken with Argus C44R on ORWO N54 Black and White Movie film in January 2016. 8x10 print 6/24/2019

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