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David Bradford House, It's History!

(2021) Tour of David Bradford House in Washington, PA

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00:20 - MY NAME IS

00:20 - TRACY LIBERT OR AND I'M THE

00:22 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE

00:23 - BRADFORD HOUSE MUSEUM IN

00:25 - DOWNTOWN

00:25 - WASHINGTON PA. THE BRADFORD

00:27 - HOUSES BUILT IN 1788 AND WAS

00:30 - HOME OF DAVID BRADFORD A LEADER

00:32 - IN THE

00:32 - WHISKEY REBELLION. AND NOW I'D

00:34 - LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO DAY

00:36 - BUT UNDER I BELIEVE DOCENT WHO

00:38 - IS GOING TO TAKE YOU INSIDE FOR

00:39 - A TOUR OF THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

00:43 - HI I'M DAVE.

00:44 - AND WE'RE IN THE PARLOR OF

00:46 - THE BRAD FOR HOUSE ARGUABLY THE

00:49 - MOST ATTRACTIVE ROOM AND THE

00:51 - AND THE ENTIRE HOUSE.

00:53 - THIS IS A PLACE FOR THE FAMILY

00:55 - WOULD GATHER.

00:56 - IT'S ALSO SPOT WHERE DAVID WILL

00:58 - HOLD MEETINGS AND GATHERINGS

01:00 - WITH

01:00 - HIS FRIENDS WITH HIS COLLEAGUES

01:03 - TO DISCUSS ISSUES

01:05 - SURROUNDING THE WHISKEY

01:06 - REBELLION OF 1794. WE LIKE TO

01:09 - POINT OUT A FEW THINGS IN THE

01:10 - PARLOR PRIMARILY THE FACT THAT

01:13 - DAVID USES PARLOR NOT ONLY FOR

01:14 - ENTERTAINMENT AND KEEP HIS

01:16 - FAMILY TOGETHER AND HAVE FAMILY

01:18 - EVENTS AND

01:19 - THE PARLOR. HE ALSO WORKED IN

01:22 - THE PARLOR THIS WAS IN OFFICE

01:23 - FOR EOVALDI HAD AN OFFICE

01:25 - NEXT DOOR. HE ALSO BROUGHT IS

01:27 - IMPORTANT CLIENTS INTO A PARLOR

01:30 - TO IMPRESS THEM WITH HIS

01:32 - MAGNIFICENT HOUSE HERE IN THE

01:34 - FRONTIER. THAT'S WHY WE DO HAVE

01:36 - A DESK. A

01:37 - MAN'S DESK HAS

01:39 - 3 SECRET COMPARTMENTS. ALL THE

01:42 - FURNISHINGS THROUGHOUT THE

01:43 - HOUSE ARE FROM THE PERIOD.

01:44 - THEY'RE AUTHENTIC. THEY ARE THE

01:46 - TYPE OF THINGS WE BELIEVE DAVID

01:48 - WOULD HAVE HAD IN THE HOUSE

01:49 - WHEN HE

01:50 - WAS HERE. ALSO USE THINGS WHAT

01:54 - WE HAVE SET UP NOW IS A GAMING

01:55 - TABLE. AND A LETTER WRITING

01:58 - TABLE.

02:00 - THEY WOULD USE THIS IN

02:02 - HIS BUSINESS. HE WAS SORT OF

02:04 - KLEIN ONE SIDE HE WAS SET ON

02:06 - THE OTHER SIDE. AND THE TOP OF

02:08 - THE TABLE REVOLVES AND IT

02:10 - WOULD PASS DOCUMENTS BACK AND

02:12 - FORTH TO EACH OTHER WITHOUT

02:14 - SMUDGING THE ACHE

02:15 - AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT THEN

02:16 - BECAUSE IN TOOK A VERY LONG

02:17 - TIME TO DRIVE TO DO IT AND WANT

02:19 - TO SMEAR AND THIS FIND WORK

02:20 - TODAY WAS PUTTING TOGETHER.

02:23 - THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE YOU CAN

02:25 - TELL THIS WAS A

02:27 - SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

02:29 - THE WALLS ARE ANYWHERE FROM

02:30 - 18 TO 23 INCHES THICK.

02:33 - YOU CAN JUDGE STAFF LOOKING AT

02:34 - THE WINDOWS THAT FRONT ON SOUTH

02:36 - MAIN STREET HERE AND

02:38 - HOW DEEP THE WINDOW

02:39 - SILLS ARE. STONE WAS USED FOR

02:43 - LOCAL COREY TO BUILD A HOUSE

02:46 - IT WAS PRIMARILY THE REASON WHY

02:48 - MOST BUT IS STILL

02:49 - STANDING TODAY. STATE ACQUIRED

02:52 - THE HOUSE IN 1959.

02:55 - IT TOOK 6 YEARS OF RENOVATING

02:57 - TO BRING HIM BACK TO ITS

02:58 - CURRENT GLORY. OPEN IS A

03:02 - HOUSE MUSEUM IN 1965.

03:05 - DURING THAT PROCESS THEY

03:07 - DISCOVERED THE

03:08 - ORIGINAL PAINT. THE PINK COLORS

03:10 - ON THE WALLS THROUGHOUT THE

03:11 - HOUSE ARE FROM DAVID'S ERA.

03:15 - AND THEY REPRODUCE THAT HERE

03:17 - AND HE ALSO REPRODUCE MUCH OF

03:19 - THE WOODWORK AND FURNISHINGS

03:20 - THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE WHICH WERE

03:22 - OVER THE THE PAST

03:24 - 200 SOME YEARS WERE STRIPPED

03:25 - FROM THE BUILDING. SO THIS WILL

03:28 - BE THE WAY THEY WOULD WITH THAT

03:30 - SEE THE HOUSE WOULD MEYER

03:33 - THE HOUSE AND WOULD FEEL

03:34 - COMFORTABLE IN THIS HOUSE THAT

03:35 - THEY HAVE TO WALK IN THE DOOR

03:37 - RIGHT NOW.

03:39 - AS I SAID THE PARLOR IS USED

03:41 - MORE THAN JUST ENTERTAINMENT.

03:44 - DAVID HAS BEEN SAID HAS REALLY

03:47 - HELD CHURCH SERVICES HERE HE

03:49 - WAS ACE STRONG SCOTCH IRISH

03:51 - PRESBYTERIAN. HER SON.

03:55 - BEFORE THERE WAS A CHURCH IN

03:56 - THIS TOWN. ITINERANT MINISTERS

03:59 - HAVE COME THROUGH THE AREA AND

04:00 - PREACH WITH THE SOMETIMES OFFER

04:04 - HIS PARLOR FOR A PREACHING

04:06 - SESSION UNTIL.

04:08 - THE CHURCH HAS FORMED AND

04:09 - GATHERINGS WERE HELD AT THE

04:11 - COUNTY COURTHOUSE. ACTUALLY WAS

04:13 - A LOT OF BUILDING AT THE TIME.

04:16 - WHAT'S IMPRESSIVE WITH ME ABOUT

04:18 - THIS ENTIRE HOUSES THAT IS

04:19 - ACTUALLY SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF

04:21 - BASICALLY WHAT WAS A PRETTY

04:23 - FRONT PRETTY MUCH OF A FRONTIER

04:24 - VILLAGE HE WERE STILL LIVING A

04:26 - LOT OF HOMES AND OCCASIONAL

04:27 - FRAME HOME, THIS IS THE FIRST

04:29 - OWN HOUSE IN WASHINGTON PA AS

04:32 - THE FIRST 2 STORY HOUSE IN

04:33 - WASHINGTON PA. IT WAS LIKE THE

04:37 - GRAND MANSION ON THE HILL AT

04:38 - THE TIME. DAVID SPARED

04:40 - NO EXPENSE AND HE LIKED TO LET

04:42 - PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE SHARED NO

04:44 - EXPENSE THROUGH THE FURNISHINGS

04:46 - THROUGH THE CORE TO THE TRIM

04:48 - WORK. IT WAS ALL FIRST CLASS

04:51 - AND DAVID AND ENJOYED SHOWING

04:54 - IT OFF TO PEOPLE.

05:04 - WE'RE NOW IN THE

05:04 - DINING ROOM OF THE BRADFORD

05:07 - HOUSE AGAIN THE SIGN BY DAVID

05:10 - TO IMPRESS. HE LOVED TO HAVE

05:13 - DINNER PARTIES. HE LOVED TO

05:16 - ENTERTAIN PEOPLE ID LIKE TO

05:18 - SERVE THE FINEST WINES TO FIND

05:20 - US FOODS AND OF COURSE THE

05:23 - DECOR AROUND THESE DINERS IS

05:25 - VERY IMPORTANT TO IMPRESS

05:27 - PEOPLE. ONE OF THE THINGS HE

05:29 - HAD OR THE SIDE CUPBOARDS

05:32 - ON THE SIDE OF THE FIREPLACE

05:34 - VERY WHERE YOU WON'T SEE THEM

05:36 - IN BUILDINGS OF THIS TYPE.

05:38 - FOR A LONG TIME AS MATTER OF

05:39 - FACT IF YOU GO THROUGH THE

05:40 - HOUSE YOU WON'T SEE ANY OTHER

05:42 - CLOSETS OR

05:43 - OR CUPBOARDS OR ANYTHING LIKE

05:46 - THAT BECAUSE THIS POINT IN TIME

05:48 - HOUSES WERE TAXED ON THE NUMBER

05:50 - OF CHIMNEYS ON THE ROOF, DAVID

05:53 - WAS ABLE TO FLU ALL

05:56 - HIS FIREPLACES INTO ONE CLUE TO

05:58 - THE CHIMNEY. ON THE ROOF AND

06:01 - THE NUMBER THE HOUSE WHERE TAX

06:03 - A NUMBER OF ROOMS IN THE HOUSE.

06:05 - EACH ONE OF THOSE CUPBOARDS.

06:08 - SIDE COVERS

06:08 - ON THE CHIMNEY ON THE FIREPLACE

06:12 - AROUND THE MANTLE WAS

06:13 - CONSIDER ROOM AND THEREFORE WE

06:15 - PAY TAXES ON IT. HE WAS AWARE

06:18 - OF THAT WHEN HE INCORPORATED

06:20 - THIS INTO THE DINING ROOM.

06:22 - BUT HE WAS A WEALTHY MAN YOU

06:24 - WANT TO SHOW OFF I CAN PAY THAT

06:26 - KIND OF TAX WHAT HE DIDN'T

06:28 - COUNT ON LATER WAS A GLASS CAME

06:31 - INTO PLAY

06:32 - AND EACH ONE OF THOSE 13 PANES

06:34 - OF GLASS AND THAT ONE OF THE

06:35 - DOORS WAS TAX

06:37 - AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER PANES

06:39 - OF GLASS OR LIGHTS.

06:41 - HE HAD THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE BUT

06:44 - HE WAS A RICH MAN HE COULD

06:45 - AFFORD THAT AND HE MADE SURE

06:47 - EVERYBODY KNEW HE WAS A RICH

06:48 - MAN AND COULD AFFORD THAT.

06:51 - THE DINING TABLE IS SET AS IT

06:53 - FOR PARTY. ALRIGHT GRAND MEAL.

06:57 - THE TABLE WAS SMALL IT CAN

06:58 - BE LEAKED OUT INTO SOMETHING

07:00 - MUCH GREATER AND THEN ENTERTAIN

07:02 - MORE GUEST. IS DINNERS TO GO ON

07:05 - FOR HOURS WITH ENTERTAINMENT

07:07 - AND SOCIALIZING IN BETWEEN

07:09 - COURSES IS SET WITH THE TURKEY

07:13 - DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S A

07:14 - HOLIDAY OR A SPECIAL DAY TURKEY

07:16 - WAS FAIRLY COMMON

07:18 - AS A CENTER POINT OF A MEAL

07:20 - THIS POINT THERE ARE STILL

07:21 - PLENTY OF TURKEYS ROAMING

07:23 - PENNSYLVANIA WOODS THAT TIME

07:26 - MANY TIMES THE MAIN COURSE

07:28 - INVOLVED VENISON OR FOUL.

07:31 - OR

07:34 - WIDE VARIETY OF WILD GAME.

07:36 - SOMETIMES POOR BEEF NOT THAT

07:39 - OFTEN.

07:41 - THEY WOULD HAVE SERVED A VERY

07:42 - SUMPTUOUS MEAL. ALL THE ALL

07:45 - THE MEALS WE'RE COOKING AN

07:47 - OUTDOOR CABIN. SEPARATE COOK

07:51 - HOUSE FROM THE BUILDING HAS 8

07:53 - FIRE

07:53 - SAFETY PRECAUTION. AND THE

07:55 - SERVANTS CARRY THE FOOD INTO

07:57 - THE DINING ROOM SERVED IN ON

07:59 - THE SIDEBOARD AND PRESENTED TO

08:01 - THE GUESTS AT

08:02 - THE TABLE. THERE IS A ROLE IN

08:04 - THE HOUSE AND MANY HOUSES LIKE

08:05 - THIS THAT THE SERVICE REQUIRED

08:07 - TO HOME WHISTLE

08:08 - WE'RE SAYING WHILE THEY'RE

08:10 - BRINGING THIS FOOD IN FROM THE

08:12 - COOK HOUSE THAT WAY THE

08:15 - BUT THEY WEREN'T SAMPLING ALL

08:16 - THIS FINE FOOD, THOSE BEING

08:18 - PRESENTED TO THESE WEALTHY I

08:19 - GUESS THAT HE WOULD HAD AROUND

08:21 - HIS TABLE THAT EXPRESSION

08:23 - WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK COUNCIL

08:25 - THAT PRACTICE FROM SNOW WHITE

08:28 - AND THE 7 TOURS.

08:37 - WE ARE IN THE MASTER BEDROOM OF

08:39 - THE BRADFORD HOUSE. WHERE DAVID

08:42 - AND ELIZABETH SHARED BED.

08:45 - MANY PEOPLE THINK.

08:46 - MY THE SPIN-OFF OF SMALL FOR

08:48 - A MASTER BEDROOM. AND

08:50 - IT IS BEDS WERE SMALLER THAN

08:52 - BECAUSE PEOPLE DID NOT SLEEP

08:54 - RECLINING LYING FLAT ON

08:57 - THE BED FOR THE MOST PART THEY

08:59 - SLEPT SITTING UP OR

09:00 - RECLINING AGAINST BOLSTER PAUSE

09:03 - WAS TIED IT WAS MUCH HEALTHIER

09:05 - FOR THEIR LONGS

09:06 - AND CONSIDERING THAT THEY WERE

09:07 - BREATHING WOULD SMOKE A GOOD

09:09 - BIT OF THE TIME IT PROBABLY WAS

09:11 - HEALTHIER FOR THEIR LAWNS.

09:13 - WE HAVE THIS OUTFITTED IN A WAY

09:15 - THAT WE HAVE FELT DAVID WOOD

09:17 - HAD FURNISHED WHEN HE WAS HERE

09:19 - THAT INCLUDES A

09:20 - DESK AGAIN. THAT WOULD BE A

09:23 - DESK AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH

09:25 - WOULD HAVE HAD.

09:27 - IT'S A MUCH MORE

09:28 - REFINED DESK. THEN THAT DAVID

09:30 - STEPS WE SAW DOWNSTAIRS IN THE

09:32 - PARLOR IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY

09:33 - SECRET COMPARTMENTS. ONLY A FEW

09:36 - DOORS LOCK. IT WAS

09:38 - MORE OF A LADY'S DESK. WE OFTEN

09:40 - COME PICTURE. IT WAS A BIT

09:43 - SITTING HERE

09:44 - WRITING LETTERS GEORGE

09:45 - WASHINGTON ASKING HIM TO PARDON

09:47 - HER HUSBAND FOR HIS ROLE IN

09:48 - WHICH CURRY BILLION WHICH

09:50 - GEORGE WASHINGTON NEVER DID.

09:53 - AND BACKING EVERY RESPONDED TO

09:55 - HER LETTERS. I WAS UNTIL

09:58 - JOHN ADAMS

09:59 - WAS PRESIDENT DAVID BRADFORD

10:01 - RECEIVED A PARDON.

10:04 - GEORGE WASHINGTON

10:05 - AND ADMINISTRATION AND THE

10:07 - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PARDON

10:08 - EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED WITH

10:10 - THE WHISKEY REBELLION. THEY DID

10:13 - NOT PARDON DAVID. AS A LONG

10:15 - STORY THERE THAT WILL BE A

10:18 - STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY.

10:20 - BASICALLY I'M HERE TO SHOW YOU.

10:22 - THE MASTER SUITE.

10:25 - IS THE ON SWEET BATHROOM.

10:28 - IT HAS A

10:29 - SHAVING DISH. I WATCHED AND AND

10:33 - OF COURSE THE

10:34 - CHAMBERS POT WHICHEVER BATHROOM

10:36 - SHOULD HAVE.

10:38 - BEHIND ME AS A MAN'S BANYAN OR.

10:43 - DRESS CODE

10:44 - DRESSING DOWN. THIS BECAME

10:46 - POPULAR NOT ONLY ADDRESSING

10:47 - COUNT. BUT A PIECE OF INFORMAL

10:49 - WEAR THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

10:52 - AS CENTURY MOVES ALONG AND

10:53 - FASHIONS CHANGED RATHER

10:55 - ABRUPTLY.

10:57 - GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN MEN HAD

10:59 - TO HAVE A COAT ON AT ALL TIMES.

11:02 - THE BEEN FILLED IN FOR THAT

11:03 - ROLE QUITE EASILY.

11:08 - ALSO HAS 2 OF

11:09 - OUR PRIZE ITEMS HERE THEY'RE

11:12 - VERY OLD VERY DELICATE AND

11:14 - THEY'RE VERY RARE. THE WEST

11:16 - THAT WE HAVE ON

11:17 - THE BED IS A MAGNIFICENT SAMPLE

11:20 - OF WHAT THE LADIES CAN DO.

11:23 - WITH NEEDLE AND THREAD. IT'S

11:26 - VERY ORNATELY DECORATED

11:29 - SILK THREAD AND VERY

11:30 - BIG COLORS AND IT'S STILL IN

11:32 - GOOD CONDITION BECAUSE THIS IS

11:34 - PROBABLY MADE FOR A YOUNG

11:35 - GENTLEMAN CALLED JAMES FLEMING

11:37 - CAN BY HIS WIFE TO BE BEFORE

11:40 - THEIR

11:40 - WEDDING DAY. I LIVED IN WALL

11:42 - TOWNSHIP IT'S VERY POSSIBLE

11:44 - THAT HE WORE ONLY ONCE ON HIS

11:45 - WEDDING DAY. AND IT WAS FOLDED

11:48 - AND PUT AWAY.

11:49 - YOU NOTICE, THERE'S NO BUTTONS

11:50 - ON BUTTONS OR NORMALLY REMOVE

11:52 - RIGHT WHEN A GARMENT IS FOLDED

11:54 - AND PUT AWAY FOR A LONG PERIOD

11:56 - OF TIME. NEXT TO THE

11:58 - WEST IT AS A

11:59 - SHAVING DISH. A POROUS ONE OR

12:02 - CROCKERY SAY SHAVING DISH WHICH

12:04 - IS VERY RARE BECAUSE THESE USE

12:06 - YOU NOT SURVIVE THESE TO GET

12:08 - THROWN AWAY.

12:10 - THE SHAVING DISH HERE IS AS

12:12 - BRIGHT LEAK BRIGHTLY PAINTED

12:14 - HAND PAINTED AND IT'S VERY FINE

12:16 - EXAMPLE OF THE HANDIWORK THAT

12:17 - COULD BE FOUND IN WASHINGTON

12:19 - COUNTY AT

12:20 - THIS TIME. JOAN HOLDS AS

12:22 - SHAVING DESK THIS UP TO HIS

12:24 - NECK. AND HE IS SHAPED BY

12:26 - HIS WIFE, COREY SERVANT.

12:28 - HENRI BARBER.

12:30 - GENERALLY MEN WERE CLEAN SHAVEN

12:32 - BACK THEN I'D BE CONSIDERED

12:34 - SOMEWHAT OF A BARBARIAN BECAUSE

12:35 - I'M NOT BUT I'M

12:37 - A SERVANT. SO I CAN GET AWAY

12:39 - WITH WEARING A BEARD.

12:41 - OTHER ITEMS THROUGHOUT

12:42 - THE BEDROOM. THE DRESSER OVER

12:44 - HERE IS CALLED THE SERVING TEAM

12:46 - DRESSER. IT'S GRACEFUL IT'S

12:48 - MORE LIKE A LADY'S DRESS OR

12:49 - THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIZABETH

12:50 - STRESS OR ON TOP OF THAT IT HAS

12:52 - A MAN'S VANITY. LITTLE

12:55 - COMPARTMENTS FOR ALL HIS THINGS

12:57 - THAT A

12:57 - MAN CARRIES AS PEN KNIFE HIS

13:01 - JURY IS CUFF LINKS AND A MERE

13:04 - FOR THE GENTLEMAN.

13:06 - DAVID DRESSER WOULD HAVE BEEN

13:07 - SOMETHING A LOT

13:08 - LOT BIGGER. THIS WAS THE HEYDAY

13:10 - OF THE HIGH VOICE SO TO SPEAK

13:12 - THE HIGH DRESSER WOULD HAVE

13:14 - BEEN IN THIS ROOM AND DAVID

13:16 - WOULD HAVE USED THAT FOR ALL

13:18 - HIS. CLOTHING

13:20 - AND ALL HIS ACCOUTERMENTS THAT

13:21 - HE WOULD ACQUIRE THE DRESS IS A

13:23 - GENTLEMAN. EVERY

13:24 - DOOR LOCKED EVERY GENTLEMAN'S

13:26 - EVERYTHING GENTLEMAN HAD

13:27 - BASICALLY LOCKED IN ONE WAY OR

13:29 - ANOTHER.

13:32 - FITTING FOR DAVID TO HAVE A

13:33 - HIGH BOY HERE AGAIN THIS WILL

13:35 - BE MADE IN THE EAST PROBLEM,

13:37 - PHILADELPHIA AREA TAKING APART

13:40 - SHIP FOR THE MOUNTAINS BY

13:41 - HORSEBACK AND REASSEMBLED GOT

13:44 - HERE AGAIN A VERY EXPENSIVE

13:46 - PROPOSITION BUT DAVID WAS IN

13:48 - THE HAVE A

13:49 - SPENDING MONEY AND HE LIKED LET

13:51 - PEOPLE KNOW HE CAN DO THAT KIND

13:53 - OF THING.

13:55 - THAT'S THE STORY OF THE

13:57 - MASTER BEDROOM. AND WE'LL MOVE

13:59 - ON TO A COUPLE OTHER ROOMS IN

14:01 - THE HOUSE.

14:03 - WE ARE IN ONE OF THE LARGER

14:04 - BEDROOMS OF THE BRADFORD HOUSE

14:06 - ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

14:08 - WE HAVE CREATED THIS AS A

14:10 - CHILDREN'S ROOM, LET YOU KNOW

14:12 - WHAT CHILDREN HAD TO DEAL WITH

14:14 - LIVING IN AN AGE AND IN THE

14:15 - BRADFORD HOUSE. CHILDREN WOULD

14:18 - SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND

14:19 - THEIR ROOM. DAVID WAS WEALTHY

14:22 - ENOUGH TO AFFORD A TUTORS

14:25 - AND THEY WOULD WORK AND PLAY A

14:27 - GOOD BIT IN THEIR ROOMS.

14:29 - WE HAVE THE SET UP WITH

14:31 - THE TYPICAL TWIN OR ROPE BEDS

14:34 - USUALLY AT LEAST 2 CHILDREN

14:35 - SLEPT TO A BED. THIS ONE

14:38 - HAS A BUT THEIR MATTRESS ON IT.

14:43 - IT'S A TYPICAL ROPE BED.

14:45 - A KEY THE BIG KEY IS USED TO

14:48 - TIGHTEN THOSE ROPES. EVERY

14:51 - SO OFTEN TO KEEP ITS SNOW.

14:55 - THE BETTER MATCH OR US

14:56 - WOULD BE A LUXURY MOST

14:59 - MATTRESSES WERE MADE FILLED

15:01 - WITH STRAW. WE'RE HAY OR A

15:04 - VARIETY OF ITEMS

15:08 - TO GIVE SOME CUSHIONING ON TOP

15:10 - OF THE ROPE.

15:11 - THIS BIT OVER HERE FOR INSTANCE

15:13 - HAS A STRONG MATCH,

15:14 - YOUR SENATE. ONE OF THE REASONS

15:16 - THEY DO THAT BECAUSE BABIES OR

15:18 - YOUNG CHILDREN QUITE AREN'T

15:19 - QUITE

15:20 - POTTY TRAINED. ASLEEP ON THE

15:23 - STRAW MATTRESS THEY SLOW THAT

15:24 - MATTERS IT COULD BE DUMPED OUT

15:27 - OFF THE TO QUASH AND FRESH

15:30 - STRAW FROM NOT FROM THE BARN

15:31 - PLACED IN IT.

15:33 - THE OLD SAYING SLEEP TIGHT,

15:35 - DON'T LET THE BEDBUGS BITE COME

15:37 - FROM ALL THAT PRACTICE

15:39 - TIGHTENING THE BED, CHANGING

15:40 - THE STRAW AND HOPING THAT NOT

15:43 - TOO MANY BUGS CAME ALONG WITH

15:44 - THE STRAW.

15:48 - WE HERE PICKING A BABY.

15:51 - THE

15:52 - CRADLE TO AS TIME LOOPS ACROSS

15:56 - THE SIDES.

15:58 - THE PRACTICE WAS TO TIE BABIES

16:00 - INTO THE CRADLE.

16:01 - PARTICULARLY DURING THE WINTER

16:03 - WHEN THEY'RE CLOSE THE

16:03 - FIREPLACE YES, TREMENDOUS

16:06 - FEAR THE BABE'S GROW OUT OF THE

16:08 - CRADLE JUMP OUT OF THE CRADLE

16:10 - AND INTO THE FIRE. OUR FALL

16:12 - DOWN THE STEPS WAS NOT UNUSUAL

16:14 - TO ACTUALLY TIE THE BABIES IN

16:16 - THE CRADLE.

16:18 - CHILDREN PLAYED IN THIS ROOM.

16:20 - SO WE HAVE AN ARRAY OF TOYS.

16:24 - DOLLS THAT CHILDREN CAN PLAY

16:26 - WITH. MOST OF THEM

16:29 - ARE FIENDISHLY DIFFICULT TO

16:30 - USE. THE BALL.

16:35 - AND BASKETBALL

16:36 - AND COP TRYING TO SWING

16:38 - THAT BALL AND CATCHING IN THE

16:40 - CUP. IT'S SOMETHING I'VE NEVER

16:43 - MASTERED.

16:45 - AND ONLY A FEW I KNOW CAN DO IT

16:46 - ON A REGULAR BASIS. THERE

16:49 - ARE MARVELS MARVEL'S WERE

16:51 - HAND-ROLLED CLAY, SO THEY

16:52 - WEREN'T PERFECT SOME MATTER.

16:54 - HOW CAREFUL YOU SHOT THOSE

16:55 - MARVEL'S YOU NEVER QUITE SURE

16:57 - WHERE

16:57 - THEY WENT. JACK'S WERE

16:59 - AVAILABLE THEY HAD JACK'S BACK

17:01 - THEN BUT YOU NEVER EVER BALL

17:03 - USE A WALNUT OR A ROUND

17:06 - WOODEN BALL TO THROW INTO THE

17:08 - AIR GRAB THE JACKS AND CATCH

17:10 - THE BALL FOR COMES BACK DOWN

17:12 - AGAIN. AND OF COURSE THERE'S

17:14 - ALWAYS THE HOOP AND STICK

17:15 - WHICH IS ANOTHER FIENDISHLY

17:16 - HARD THING TO PLAY WITHOUT IN

17:18 - THE YARD TO KEEP THAT THING

17:20 - ROLLING.

17:23 - THIS IS THE HOW THIS IS THE

17:24 - ROOM THAT HAS MUCH OF THE

17:25 - ORIGINAL WOODWORK. STILL HERE.

17:28 - THE FIREPLACES ORIGINAL.

17:30 - THE DENTAL CROWN MOLDING ON THE

17:32 - 12 FEET HIGH CEILING AS

17:34 - THE ORIGINAL CURATORS AND

17:37 - PRESERVATIONIST TOOK THOSE

17:39 - ACCUSED TO DETERMINE HOW THE

17:41 - WOODWORK WOULD LOOK THROUGHOUT

17:43 - THE HOUSE. SO

17:44 - THIS ROOM HAS A RATHER

17:46 - SIGNIFICANT PLAYED A

17:47 - SIGNIFICANT PART AND DEVELOPING

17:50 - TO GRAB HER HOUSE TO WHAT IT

17:51 - LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

17:54 - WE'RE IN ANOTHER BEDROOM OF THE

17:56 - BRADFORD HOW SMALLER BEDROOM.

17:59 - WE HAD THIS WAS SET UP AS A

18:00 - LADIES PARLOR OR LADY

18:02 - SEWING ROOM. NO MATTER WHERE A

18:04 - LADY WENT WHICH WENT TO VISIT

18:06 - EVENTS NEXT DOOR.

18:08 - SHE CARRY SOMETHING CALLED A

18:09 - HOUSEWIFE WITH HER WHICH IS

18:11 - BASICALLY A TOOL KIT A SELLING

18:12 - TOOL KIT TO HAVE A PROJECT

18:15 - UNDER ARM IN A BASKET BECAUSE

18:16 - SHE KNEW SOONER OR LATER SHE

18:18 - SITTING IN A ROOM LIKE THIS.

18:20 - THE OTHER LADIES OF THE

18:20 - HOUSEHOLD AND THEY BE WORKING

18:23 - STITCHING SOMETHING TOGETHER

18:24 - SOME PIECE OF CLOTHING

18:26 - A LADY'S HANDS ARE ALWAYS

18:27 - SUPPOSED TO BE BUSY. ACCORDING

18:29 - TO THE GUYS. SO THEY WOULD SIT

18:31 - HERE AND THEY IT AND THEY WOULD

18:33 - WE AND THEY WOULD SO ALL

18:36 - THE FINE CLOTHES THAT THEY BE

18:37 - WEARING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

18:40 - WE HAVE A LOOMING IN

18:41 - THIS ROOM WHICH WAS TO A

18:44 - DEMONSTRATOR WHO COMES HERE

18:45 - OCCASIONALLY DEMONSTRATES

18:47 - WEAVING TECHNIQUES HE'S IN THE

18:48 - PROCESS OF MAKING US.

18:51 - LINDSAY WAS YOU KNOW THESE ARE

18:53 - LIVE IN HOWLING AT THE MOMENT.

18:57 - TEXTILES USE WERE WALL

19:00 - WHEN MADE FROM THE

19:02 - FLAX PLANT AND

19:03 - SOMETIMES CAUGHT. AND A

19:05 - COMBINATION OF WARLAND AND CALL

19:07 - LINDSAY WAS HE CAUGHT IT WAS

19:09 - EXPENSIVE.

19:11 - ELI WHITNEY AND QUITE GOTTEN

19:12 - AROUND TO INVENT A COTTON GIN

19:14 - YET, BUT IT WAS IT WAS ON HIS

19:15 - WAY.

19:18 - THE CLOTHING WE

19:19 - MUST RATION ARRAY OF THROUGHOUT

19:22 - THE THROUGHOUT THE ROOM.

19:23 - WHAT THE LADIES COULD BE

19:24 - WORKING ON THE EVERYDAY COMMON

19:26 - CLOTHING OR EVERYDAY CLOTHING

19:27 - WERE CLOTHING OVER HERE WITH

19:29 - FANS YOUR CLOTHING HERE FOR

19:31 - CHURCH AND GOING

19:32 - TO MARKET A SAMPLE OF THE MEN'S

19:35 - WEST GET THAT THEY BE MAKE

19:36 - WORKING THIS ONE HAS AN EXTRA

19:38 - LENGTH

19:39 - TO IT. MORE POPULAR AROUND THE

19:41 - MIDDLE OF THE 18TH CENTURY.

19:44 - I'M WEARING BE A LITTLE

19:46 - MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE PERIOD

19:49 - THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW.

19:50 - BUT WE'RE IN A PERIOD LATE 18TH

19:52 - CENTURY, ONE FASHIONS WERE

19:55 - CHANGING RATHER DRAMATICALLY.

19:57 - AND BEFORE LONG THE WEST IT

19:59 - GETS VERY SHORT. MUCH SHORTER

20:02 - THAN IT

20:02 - IS NOW AND THE CODE CHANGES

20:05 - COMPLETELY INTO SOMETHING THEY

20:08 - WOULD NORMALLY SEE AND THE

20:10 - EARLIER IN THE CENTURY.

20:12 - ALSO BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE

20:14 - THAT MONEY CLOTHING PIECES OF

20:15 - CLOTHING. THEY WERE JUST

20:17 - DOUBLE. MAN'S

20:19 - WEST DIFFERENCES. HAD LACING ON

20:23 - THE BACK. SO YOU CAN EXPAND

20:26 - THE BEST

20:27 - OR CRANK IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN

20:29 - IF NECESSARY. LADIES CLOTHES

20:31 - HAD NO BUTTONS ARE MEN'S WEST

20:33 - CUTS LEGGINGS COATS RIGHT

20:36 - DIFFERENT THINGS THEY WORE.

20:39 - MEN HAD LOTS

20:39 - OF BUTTONS. LADIES USE PENS TO

20:42 - GATHER THERE. THEIR DRESSES AND

20:45 - AND THEIR CLOTHING TOGETHER.

20:47 - THE IDEA BEING THAT SINCE

20:49 - LADIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE

20:50 - PREGNANT. MOST OF THE TIME.

20:52 - THEY HAD A WAY TO EXPAND

20:54 - THEIR OUTFITS AND BRING THEM

20:55 - BACK TO NORMAL AGAIN OVER A

20:57 - PERIOD OF TIME. SO THEY DIDN'T

20:59 - BOTHER WITH, BUT SAID MUCH.

21:06 - AN INTERESTING ASPECT OF THIS

21:08 - ROOM WE HAVE IN HERE IS

21:09 - SOMETHING CALLED THE SCHWANK.

21:11 - AS CHR A AND K. WE CALL A

21:14 - WARDROBE OR ARE MORE. IT'S A

21:16 - WAY TO GET AROUND THE TAX MAN.

21:19 - IT HAS A DOOR, BUT IT DOESN'T

21:20 - OPEN AN ENCLOSED SPACE. SO YOU

21:23 - COULD HAVE THESE WARD ROADS

21:24 - AROUND THE HOUSE

21:25 - AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE TAX MAN

21:27 - CONSIDERING THEM A ROOM AND

21:29 - THEREFORE TAXABLE.

21:33 - WE ARE STANDING IN ANOTHER

21:35 - ROOM WITH A BREATH FOR HOUSE OF

21:36 - DAVID NEVER SAW

21:38 - WHEN HE FLED THE AREA IN 1794

21:41 - AT THE CLOSE OF THE WHISKEY

21:42 - REBELLION. DAVID

21:44 - WENT TO SPANISH

21:46 - WEST FLORIDA. WAS UNTIL SEVERAL

21:49 - YEARS LATER THAT HIS WIFE AND

21:50 - FAMILY JOIN HIM. AND DAVID HAD

21:53 - A GREAT DEAL OF TROUBLE SELLING

21:55 - THE HOUSE BECAUSE

21:57 - THE KITCHEN AND BURNED DOWN IN

21:58 - HIS ABSENCE

21:59 - AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SELL

22:01 - A HOUSE WITHOUT A KITCHEN,

22:03 - WASN'T ALL 18 O 3

22:05 - BEFORE ARCHIBALD KERR AND HIS

22:07 - FAMILY BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND

22:08 - MOVED INTO IT

22:10 - MEILI BUILT. A NEW KITCHEN.

22:13 - AND IT BURNED DOWN.

22:15 - SO I SAID THE HECK WITH THIS HE

22:16 - BUILT A STONE EDITION, THE

22:18 - ORIGINAL DAVID BRADFORD HOUSE

22:20 - AND WE ARE STANDING IN THAT

22:21 - EDITION. UPSTAIRS

22:23 - AND THIS ROOM WAS SERVANTS

22:25 - QUARTERS CONNECTED BY A SERVICE

22:26 - STAIRWAY TO THE DOWNSTAIRS

22:28 - LEVEL WHICH IS COMPLETE INDOOR

22:31 - KITCHEN WHICH WAS RARE AT THIS

22:33 - POINT IN TIME AS MIGHT HAVE

22:35 - BEEN ONE OF THE FIRST INDOOR

22:37 - KITCHENS AND WASHINGTON BY THEN

22:40 - BUT DAVID NEVER SAW THIS

22:41 - EDITION. SO THEREFORE WE CAN

22:43 - TAKE A FEW LIBERTIES WITH THE

22:44 - ROOMS AND THE ADDITION

22:46 - WE HAD CONVERTED THIS INTO OUR

22:48 - EXHIBIT ROOM. OUR

22:50 - RESEARCH ROOM. OUR THE STAFF

22:53 - ON SOMETIMES. AND IT'S

22:56 - WHERE WE DISPLAY DIFFERENT

22:57 - PROJECTS THAT HIGH SCHOOL

22:59 - STUDENTS HAD DONE FOR US IN OUR

23:01 - CONTEST POSTER CONTEST

23:03 - THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. IT'S

23:04 - ALSO THE ROOM IN

23:06 - 1833. WE'RE LADY BY THE NAME

23:09 - REBECCA HARDING DAVIS WAS BORN.

23:12 - REBECCA

23:13 - HARDING DAVIS I BECAME A

23:15 - PROLIFIC.

23:19 - AND WROTE MANY BOOKS

23:20 - AND ARTICLES.

23:22 - ON THE MODE AT THE TIME.

23:26 - DEPICTING THE ROLES AND THE

23:28 - HARDSHIPS OF IMMIGRANTS

23:30 - DISENFRANCHISE PEOPLE. THE MOST

23:33 - FAMOUS BOOK IS LIFE IN THE

23:34 - IRON MILLS HAS BEEN HAS BEEN A

23:38 - RESURGENCE IN HER WRITINGS

23:39 - LATELY. IN FACT HER BOOKS ARE

23:41 - USED AND TEACHING SOCIOLOGY

23:43 - CLASSES, AT W J COLLEGE RIGHT

23:46 - NOW WHAT SHE WAS BORN AND THIS

23:48 - ROLE.

23:50 - DISPLAYS A FAMILY TREE OF

23:53 - DAVID BRADFORD

23:55 - DISPLAYS ON REBECCA HARDING

23:56 - DAVIS SOME ART WORK WHAT PERIOD

23:59 - LOOKED LIKE THE TIME.

24:01 - DISPLAYS ON 18TH CENTURY TOOLS

24:03 - AND TRADES SOME OF THE ITEMS WE

24:05 - DO HAVE HERE ARE WALKS WHAT

24:08 - LIKE ORDINARY ROCKS THERE FROM

24:09 - THE ORIGINAL. ROADBED.

24:13 - OF THE NATIONAL PIKE OR

24:15 - NATIONAL ROAD THAT WENT

24:17 - THROUGH WASHINGTON AND ACTUALLY

24:20 - EXIST TODAY RIGHT OUTSIDE THE

24:21 - DOOR OF THE BRADFORD HOUSE.

24:25 - THIS IS ONE OF THE GOALS ARE

24:26 - ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT THE

24:28 - REBELS

24:28 - HAD IN 1794. THE GOVERNMENT WAS

24:31 - NOT DOING NOTHING TOO CREATE

24:34 - BETTER ROADS BETWEEN THE EAST

24:36 - AND THE WEST TO

24:37 - CONNECT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE

24:39 - NATION. AND IT'S KIND OF IRONIC

24:42 - AT THE FIRST NATIONAL ROAD.

24:45 - GOES RIGHT IN FRONT OF DAVID'S

24:46 - DAVID'S HOUSE HERE.

24:50 - WE ARE IN THE COOK HOUSE OR THE

24:52 - DAVID BRADFORD HOUSE. WE COULD

24:54 - PASS A SEPARATE BUILDING.

24:57 - BECAUSE IT WAS MUCH SAFER TO

24:58 - HAVE A COOK HOW SEPARATE FROM

25:00 - THE BUILDING BECAUSE IT KEPT

25:01 - CATCHING ON FIRE ALL THE TIME

25:02 - AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO BURN THE

25:03 - WHOLE HOUSE DOWN. THIS HOUSE

25:06 - WAS CREEK CREATED

25:07 - THE ORIGINAL COOKOUTS AT MUCH

25:09 - CLOSER TO THE BRADFORD HOUSE.

25:11 - WE LOCATED IT HERE. JUST TO

25:14 - SHOW PEOPLE WHAT COULD COST

25:16 - LOOK LIKE AND DAVID'S PERIOD.

25:19 - WE HAD ACCURATE TAX RECORDS WE

25:21 - CAN GO BY TO RECREATE. THIS

25:24 - COOKOUTS THIS IS THE WAY IT

25:26 - WOULD HAVE LOOKED WHEN DAVID

25:27 - WAS HERE.

25:29 - THE COOK HOUSE WAS LIKE

25:31 - THE HEARTTHROB OF THE OF THE OF

25:34 - THAT HOW THE OTHER HOUSEHOLD.

25:36 - IT WAS ALWAYS OPEN.

25:38 - THERE IS ALWAYS A FIRE GOING

25:39 - HERE AND THERE WILL BE A LOFT

25:41 - OVERHEAD IN ONE OR 2 KITCHEN

25:45 - MAIDS WOULD LIVE.

25:47 - THIS WOULD BE THEIR SLEEPING

25:48 - QUARTERS, ONE OF THEIR JOBS.

25:49 - WE KEEP THE FIRE GOING IN THE

25:51 - HEARTH AT ALL TIMES THIS WOULD

25:53 - NOT BE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

25:55 - FOR THE MOST PART.

25:56 - IT'S HOT. THESE ARE OPEN TO LET

25:59 - OUT AS MUCH HEAT AND SMOKE

26:01 - IS POSSIBLE. WHAT LADY STILL OR

26:04 - THE LONG DRESSES.

26:06 - SLEEVES THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ROLL

26:08 - THEIR SLEEVES UP WORKING LADIES

26:10 - ARE ALLOWED TO ROLL THEIR

26:11 - SLEEVES UP STILL.

26:12 - CLOTHES CAUGHT ON FIRE.

26:15 - MOST OF THE WHOLE COOKING WAS

26:16 - DONE AND OPEN HEARTS STYLE.

26:19 - SO THE BENDING OVER A LOT WITH

26:21 - THE CAST IRON IMPLEMENTS

26:23 - CANALES. POS AND THAT WOULD BE

26:27 - BAD FOR THEIR BACKS

26:28 - AND BREATHING ALL THIS SMOKE

26:30 - COULD NOT IN GOOD FOR THEIR

26:31 - LAWNS.

26:32 - BUT IT WAS ALSO A PLACE OF THE

26:34 - KIDS GATHERED BECAUSE THIS

26:35 - WORLD, GOOD FOOD WAS

26:37 - THIS IS WHERE ALL THE SERVANTS

26:38 - WERE THAT WERE KIND TO THEM.

26:40 - SO THE KIDS AND HANG OUT AROUND

26:42 - THE COOK HAS QUITE A BIT.

26:44 - GOTTEN AWAY, SOMETIMES ARE

26:46 - SHOOTOUT WITH A BROOM.

26:49 - THE EXPRESSION SHE FLEW OFF THE

26:50 - HANDLE. COMES FROM THIS

26:52 - PRACTICE AT

26:53 - THAT TIME BROOMS ARE MADE BY

26:55 - THIS TIMES TWIGS ARE STRONG THE

26:57 - END OF THE STICK.

26:58 - AND SOMETIMES WHEN THEY REALLY

27:00 - TOOK A SWIPE AT THOSE KIDS ARE

27:01 - REALLY ANGRY AT HIM. THE ROOM

27:04 - FLEW OFF THE HANDLE. SHE WAS SO

27:06 - MAD, SHE FLEW OFF THE HANDLE.

27:08 - BUT THE KIDS STILL KEPT COMING

27:09 - BACK.

27:14 - WE'RE IN THE GIFT SHOP OF THE

27:16 - BRADFORD PAST. ACTUALLY THIS IS

27:19 - THE KITCHEN WHERE WAS THE

27:21 - KITCHEN OF THE BRADFORD HOUSE

27:22 - REMEMBER WE HAD TALKED BRIEFLY

27:24 - ABOUT THE ADDITION WAS BUILT ON

27:26 - TO THE HOUSE UPSTAIRS WAS

27:29 - SERVANTS CORRIDORS AND THE ROOM

27:31 - WHERE ELIZABETH HARDING DAVIS

27:32 - WAS BORN. DOWNSTAIRS IN THE

27:34 - ROOM OR IN NOW WOULD HAVE BEEN

27:35 - THE KITCHEN BEHIND ME.

27:38 - IS FIREPLACE WHICH WOULD HAVE

27:41 - BEEN USED.

27:43 - ALL OPEN HEARTH COOKING.

27:46 - I WOULD HAVE BEEN A RARITY TO

27:48 - HAVE AN INSIDE KITCHEN. IN A

27:50 - HOUSE IN WASHINGTON AT

27:52 - THIS POINT BECAUSE COOKING WAS

27:54 - STILL ALL OPEN

27:55 - HEARTH COOKING IRONS THOSE HAVE

27:58 - NOT YET QUITE MADE IT ACROSS

27:59 - THE MOUNTAINS. WE HAVE SET THIS

28:01 - UP AS A GIFT SHOP AND SO IT

28:03 - TAKES SOME LIBERTIES WITH THE

28:04 - ADDITION TO THE HOUSE AND I

28:06 - JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU.

28:08 - WHERE OUR GIFT SHOP WAS WHAT IT

28:09 - LOOKED LIKE. AND HOW

28:11 - IT'S INCORPORATED INTO THE

28:13 - HOUSE. ONE OF OUR PRIMARY

28:16 - BEST-SELLING ITEMS WE HAVE AN

28:18 - ARRAY OF BOOKS ABOUT THE

28:20 - WHISKEY REBELLION ABOUT THE

28:21 - HOUSE AND BOOKS BY REBECCA

28:24 - HARDING DAVIS.

28:26 - AS EARLIER EXPLAIN WAS RENOWNED

28:29 - AUTHOR FOCUSING ON

28:31 - THE PLIGHT OF IMMIGRANTS

28:33 - AND OTHER POOR PEOPLE OF

28:38 - OF THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME.

28:42 - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING

28:43 - THE TIME TO VISIT THE BRADFORD

28:45 - HOUSE MUSEUM. WE HAVE SPECIAL

28:47 - EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO

28:48 - PLEASE FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK ON

28:50 - TWITTER AND OUR WEBSITE WWW DOT

28:53 - BRADFORD HOUSE DOT ORG.


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