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Legend & Lore: Charcoal for the teeth: Women’s lives in 1812

BY KIMBERLY SCHMIDT — “We’ll start preparing for the evening meal at 2:45, with plans to eat at 5:30,” announced Ann Wass, organizer of “The 1812 Woman of Riversdale” workshop. Held on a May weekend at the Riversdale House Museum, the event was a 19th-century immersion complete with a sleepover in the historic mansion. I looked around. […]

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