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Regency Advertisements: Lady’s Maid and Housekeeper

By Anne | September 18, 2023 - 8:29 am |September 22, 2023 Regency Advertisements, Regency Household

This ad appeared in The Morning Post on Tuesday, June 16, 1818.

Regency Advertisements: Statute Rooms for New Servants

By Anne | April 10, 2023 - 8:16 am |April 17, 2023 Regency Advertisements, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Household

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This ad appeared in the August 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblée.

Regency Advertisements: Houses to Let

By Anne | May 8, 2022 - 11:16 am |May 18, 2022 Regency Advertisements, Regency Household

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This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblée.

Regency Reader Questions: Keys, Servants, and Late Nights

By Anne | July 14, 2021 - 7:44 am |August 4, 2021 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Household, Regency Reader Questions

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wanted and keeps the rooms in perfect order Previous to her mistress retiring for the night she will have looked out her nightclothes and aired them well and she will not only now but at all times when she goes to dress carry up hot water for washing & c and when she is gone to bed she will carefully examine all her clothes and do all that is necessary to be done to them before she folds them away If her lady be elderly infirm or unwell she will sometimes be required to bring her work and sit with her to administer her medicines and sometimes to read to her To qualify herself for this latter purpose and to acquit herself with propriety she will

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