CHARACTER OF WOMEN,S WORK IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NEW ENGLAND.

Skeins of Tow . Hanh Cool Dolly spn 5 Skeins Linng

April 4th (3rd Swine "I Combd 20 lb of flax . Revd mr Foster here . we killd a Swine

April 5 "Combd 20 lb of flax . mr Ballard went to mr Herseys to run a Line . our Saw mill went this Day night

April 7th " I have been at home . mrs Foster here yet . mr Ballard fixing gardin fence , the girls have spun 21 Skeins of Linning 28 of Tow ys weak

April 12th " I have been at home kniting

April

14th , as evidenced in this entry the women help care for the livestock , this note regards a calf born a couple of days earlier " I have Spent the most of ye Day takeing Care of the youngest Calf . Hannah Cool Dolly went to mr Pollards to wind warp a Piece

April 17th "I have been Doubleing Twisting Thread . the Girls washt Hannah Lost a Shoe Silver Buckl under the Saw mill

april 18 "I have been Boiting yarn tending Leech Twisting Thread .April 28 , while the men did assist with the actual plowing " we Began our garden

May 2 . Aside from combing flax knitting and sewing , etcetera they would organize get togethers to help each other with projects and swap and trade goods . at times to Combd 9 lb of Flax . mr Ballard Ploughd Haigns Learned Dind here . we had 103 lb 1 /2 of Beef of Danl Robbins Dolly went for Current Bushes . Polly Fletcher , mrs Harris Wiman here Sally Webb had 1 lb of fatt for mrs Porter

May3 "the girls have washt Scoured

May 4 "I have Combd 13 lb of flax . mrs Taylor Bolton Clarisa Barton here . mr Learned Dind . Cyrus BougT 17 lb of Veal of mrs Taylor

May 5th " I have Combd 20 lb...