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“3 sorry Earthen Milk Pans:” Evidence for Dairying in Probate Inventories
By Eleanor Breen / Project Manager, Archaeological Collections Online Archaeology and purchase records are two measures of what was used in the past but historical archaeologists often rely on probate inventories to track changes in things like milk pans over time. … Continue reading
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Tagged dairy, dairying, milk pans, mixed grain, probate inventories, tobacco
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Of “midlg size & not Deep:” Milk Pans for the Every Man
By Eleanor Breen / Project Manager, Archaeological Collections Online While the 22 milk pans from the South Grove excavation provide important tangible details about the material and sizes, they are only a small fraction of George Washington’s milk pans. The invoices … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, History
Tagged artifacts, capacity, Colchester, dairy, George Washington, Henderson, milk pans, orders and invoices
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Dairying Artifacts
By Eleanor Breen / Project Manager, Archaeological Collections Online Clues to Mount Vernon’s forgotten outbuilding, were found in the South Grove Midden. Of the 381 excavated ceramic vessels, 22 are milk pans of these ware types: Buckley; William Roger’s earthenware; … Continue reading
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Tagged artifacts, Buckley, capacity, dairy, earthenware, George Washington, milk pans
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“The Necessary Services of the Dairy”
By Eleanor Breen / Project Manager, Archaeological Collections Online In a 1762 contract with Edward Violet, George Washington’s new overseer at his Bullskin Plantation in western Virginia, Washington agreed “to allow the said Edd Voilett to employ one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged cheese, dairy, female, George Washington, Martha Washington, milk, slaves
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Mount Vernon’s Early Dairy – The Forgotten Outbuilding
By Eleanor Breen / Project Manager, Archaeological Collections Online Though not visible on the landscape today, Mount Vernon once had a dairy located just west of the Mansion. This building was demolished in 1775 to make room for the new … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, cows, dairy, landscape, Lawrence Washington, milk, milk pan, Morley Williams, outbuilding
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