Loved this article! NOVA PARKS PDF FILE On COLONIAL AMERICANS IN WINTER
It's part of the Carlyle Connection newsletter.
Items in the house frozen solid? Closing the shutters? As you contemplate a winter of unaffordible heating, consider...
that
"In addition to keeping active, people wore thick layers of woolen clothing and often slept in them along with flannel night shirts and caps on the coldest nights. Most people, including the wealthy, went to bed in unheated bed chambers."
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Wear your beanie cap to bed. Most of the heat in your body goes out through your head!
