Housekeeping in Old Virginia. Containing Contributions from Two Hundred and Fifty of Virginia's Note Housewives, Distinguished for Their Skill in the Culinary Art and Other Branches of Domestic Economy.

528 pp. Originally published in 1879, this cooking classic was praised by Mrs. President Rutherford B. Hayes, Mrs. Chief Justice M. H. Waite, Mrs. Secretary of State W. M. Evarts, and a wide range of wives of Senators and Governors. The editor was the granddaughter of Patrick Henry, and herself one of the famous housekeepers of Virginia.