Beth Gilgun animates the mid to late 1700s with her entertaining Beth Gilsun animates the mid to late 1700s with her entertaining

"letters" to a friend on the frontier. As an accomplished seamstress and goodwife, she shares the latest on fashion as well as patterns and instructions for making everyday clothing for men, women and children.

Daily life, housekeeping, sewing skills and word of the latest

goods available in the East Coast markets are some of the topics covered in this collection of fictional letters. Mistress

Gilgun's writings will put you in touch with life in Colonial America,

Her first-person narrative is as informative as it is entertaining.

Mistress Gilgun's letters reflect years of research and personal experience from her portrayal of a

housewife and seamstress of the 18th century. Students of the 18th century life style will love the wealth of information gathered here under one cover.