"The study of tavern history often brings to light much evidence of sad domestic changes. Many a cherished and beautiful home, rich in annals of family prosperity and private hospitality, ended its days as a tavern." Alice Morse Earle history 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure." Alice Morse Earle colonial life 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"It is plainly evident that, in a country where land was to be had for the asking, fuel for the cutting, corn for the planting and harvesting, and game and fish for the least expenditure of labor, no man would... Alice Morse Earle colonial economy 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes." Alice Morse Earle family history 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"The first and most natural way of lighting the houses of the American colonists, both in the North and South, was by the pine-knots of the fat pitch-pine, which, of course, were found everywhere in the greatest plenty in the... Alice Morse Earle colonial life 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"It is easy to gain a definite notion of the furnishing of colonial houses from a contemporary and reliable source - the inventories of the estates of the colonists." Alice Morse Earle colonial homes 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
"Few of the early houses in New England were painted, or colored, as it was called, either without or within. Painters do not appear in any of the early lists of workmen." Alice Morse Earle new england homes 👍0 👎0 Share ×Share this Quote Facebook X LinkedIn Reddit Copy Link Copy
