The house servant's directory. Or A monitor for private families: : comprising hints on the arrangement and performance of servants' work, with general rules for setting out tables and sideboards in first order; the art of waiting in all its branches; and likewise how to conduct large and small parties with order; with general directions for placing on table all kinds of joints, fish, fowl, &c. : With full instructions for cleaning plate, brass, steel, glass, mahogany; and likewise all kinds of patent and common lamps: observations on servants' behaviour to their employers; and upwards of 100 various and useful receipts, chiefly compiled for the use of house servants; and identically made to suit the manners and customs of families in the United States
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Written by an African American butler, this is a guide for household staff to help them to understand the procedures in keeping a prominent white household. It includes "recipes and advice to other black household management staff on how to properly clean plates, proper etiquette, how to restore furniture, and self-care..." More of a household-management manual than cookbook, Roberts gives suggestions for employers on how to manage domestic help and how to teach young black men to be successful and ensure their advancement. Considered a seminal work by a 19th century African American man by advising men of singular ability as caterers, and managers, rather than servants, of large households Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Text Edition statement transposed; follows imprint at foot of title page Copyright Mar. 9, 1827, by Munroe & Francis Armorial bookplate of John Lowell Jr Boston, Munroe and Francis, 128 Washington-Street. New York, Charles S. Francis, 252 Broadway By Robert Roberts. ; With friendly advice to cooks and heads of families; and complete directions how to burn Lehigh coal
Type
text
Format
Xiv, [1], 16-180 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Subject
Home economics Household employees Formulas, recipes, etc Handbooks and manuals New York (N.Y.) Boston (Mass.)
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