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HFSDV Meetings 2011

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HFSDV Spring 2011 Program:

Recreating Receipts of a 1715 Manuscript

Saturday, March 10, 2012

10:00 am – approx. 3:00 p.m.

Registration begins at 9:30 am

Stenton

4601 North 18th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19140-1026

One of the jewels of Stenton’s collections is a 1715 handwritten manuscript receipt book. Based on initials found next to one of the receipts, it is believed that it may have belonged to one of the house’s earliest residents. Susan McLellan Plaisted, an HFSDV member and Proprietress of Heart to Hearth Cookery, will share her experiences in recreating the book’s receipts. The original manuscript receipt book will be on display and included in our afternoon

tour of the site. A Georgian brick mansion built in the 1720s, Stenton was home to three generations of the Logan family. James Logan served as Secretary to William Penn, and was the de facto superintendent of Indian affairs at the time of the 1737 Walking Purchase. Repaired fragments from extensive archaeology conducted on the site are part of the interpretation. The house’s furnishings include numerous Logan family pieces. The site also boasts an outstanding collection of early American textiles and clothing

This will be a “brown bag lunch” event; beverage will be provided.

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Registration for Recreating Receipts of a 1715 Manuscript

DUE BY: February 25, 2012

$12.00 Members/$15.00 Guests

To register, copy and paste this information onto a Word document, print it and send the completed form and your check made out to HFSDV* to:

Margaret Quinn, Treasurer

10 Deerwood Drive

Mercerville, NJ 08619

Member Name(s):____________________________________________________________________Guest Name(s):____________________________________________________________________

Phone Number __________________________                                                   

E-mail address:_____________________________________

Total Enclosed: __________________________

Please include a note in the Memo area of your check that this is for 1715 Manuscript

HFSDV  2012 Program Schedule

 

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Stenton House (Philadelphia, PA)

Program: Susan Plaisted will give a presentation about the      recreation of receipts from a 1715 hand-written manuscript in the Stenton collection.

 

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Hampton National Historic Site (Towson, MD)

Program: Pat Reber will discuss the history of the site's kitchens; tentative additional speaker TBA; site tours

 

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Smithville Mansion (Eastampton, NJ)

Program: Victorian tea; tours of the site

 

Annual Meeting

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Rising Sun Inn (Telford, PA)

Program: TBA