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