This has been another cold and
windy day. I can not go out again to day. I am trying to sew a little. I have
been piecing some blocks.
Melia went down town to night, and
she got me 2 yards of calico to make me a waist. It was a shilling a yard and
she got 9 yards of another hand [?] to make aprons.
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Niece notes: A "waist" was a blouse.
Did they use shillings in Michigan at that time? I know there wasn't really a federal money system yet, right?
ReplyDeleteA different hand means a different weight or feel to the fabric, I believe.
Yep, I think shillings were well in use then and there, though I'm not sure where they fit in with the rest of the currency.
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