Pottsgrove Manor

Part 2 of a 6 part series highlighting holiday traditions at Pottsgrove Manor.

Happy National Pear Month from Pottsgrove Manor! Pears Stewed Purple are one of our favorite recipes to make in our reproduction kitchen. This popular receipt from Hannah Glasse comes from her cookbook, "The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy". If you would like to see the process of making this wonderful 18th century dish, check out our live cooking video on Facebook from October. You can find this receipt at time stamp 1:34:15 in the video. Make sure to enjoy some pears thi...s month! #pears #peardishes #recipes #18thcenturycooking #18thcenturyrecipes #pearsstewedpurple #hannahglasse #nationalpearmonth #december

Week #1 of holiday tour

Apple Cider during the 18th century was a very popular drink especially as hard apple cider. A study done of the time period shows that cider was more popular than beer. Now apple cider is considered more of a fall beverage, but in the 18th century it was consumed almost every day. Cheers and enjoy some cider this weekend! #applecider #18thcentury #historichouse... #historichousemuseum #appleciderpress #fallprogram #fall #falldrink #weekendvibes #pottsgrovemanor See more

Just a reminder that we will be live from the Manor House at 12:00 noon today! Join us as we explore the Great Hall and Front Parlor.

The changing colors of the leaves are reminding us of our Dyeing Workshop from a couple years ago. These wonderful 18th century stockings were hand dyed by participants in a fun afternoon filled with laughter and learning. Adding color to stockings helped to add personality and would help style outfits during the time period. Which pair is your favorite? Let us know in the comments below! #throwbackthursday #18thcentury #18thcenturystyle ... #18thcenturymanorhouse #18thcenturymuseum #18thcenturymaterielculture #handdyedstockings #livinghistory #historichousemuseum #pottsgrovemanor See more

Pottsgrove Manor is bringing you into our home for the holidays! Each Friday in December at 12:00 pm (12/4, 12/11, and 12/18) a staff member will bring a short portion of our current house tour. The best part? You can join us from the comfort of your own home! So, stay in those pjs, cozy up with a mug of tea, and see the holidays through the eyes of the Potts family. We can't wait to see you there! #holidaytours #18thcenturyhousemuseum #homefortheholidays... #housetours #18thcentury #18thcenturylife #holidaytraditions #virtualtour #pottsgrovemanor See more

Ruth Savage Potts (c.1713-1786) Ruth Savage was born into the leading Pennsylvania iron producing families, the Rutter’s and Savage’s. The father of her future husband, Thomas Potts, partnered into her families iron business run by her father, Samuel Savage, grandfather, Thomas Rutter, and step-father, Samuel Nutt. She married John Potts on April 11, 1734 at Coventry, her step-father’s home. Ruth bore John 13 children; all who survived to adulthood. Upon John’s death on June... 6, 1768, Ruth was left very well off by her husband. She died January 7, 1786 and was buried next to John in the Potts Family Cemetery on Chestnut Street in Pottstown. There are three genealogies in the collections of Pottsgrove Manor that were written in the 19th century by Potts descendants. One genealogy, written in the last quarter of the 19th century, was that of James H. Carr, husband of Elizabeth Brooke Potts, who was a great-great-granddaughter of Ruth Potts. Carr, like the other family genealogists, copied letters and newspaper articles of the family in his genealogy for future generations. These images are from his hand-written manuscript in the collection of Pottsgrove Manor. The first image is copied from a letter that her niece and daughter-in- law, Anna Potts, wrote to her daughter about her grandmother’s illness. The second image is a hand-written copy of Ruth’s obituary from Dunlap and Claypoole’s Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser. These invaluable genealogical manuscripts help to further our research into the Potts family.

The first video of a 6 part series highlighting the holiday season at Pottsgrove Manor. #pottsgrovemanor #historichousemuseum #12thnight #18thcentury #holidays

We have posted a .pdf link to our website with all the receipts (recipes) from this past Saturday. https://www.montcopa.org/DocumentCenter//29217/Recipe-Links We have tried to include the modern adaptation as much as possible so you can make your own versions from the comfort of your own home! #pottsgrovemanor #18thcenturyrecipes #hearthcooking #18thcenturymanorhouse #18thcenturymaterialculture #18thcenturymuseum #livinghistory #historichousemuseum

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us on our live stream today! It was a pleasure to have everyone visit throughout the day. We will be posting links to all the receipts (recipes) in the next few days! #pottsgrovemanor #18thcenturycooking #pottsfamily #18thcentury #hearthcooking #exhausted

Looks like everything is set and ready for our 18th Century Cooking Livestream tomorrow! Curious to see what all these ingredients will be transformed into? Tune in tomorrow from 10am to 3pm and see live! Plus, all receipts (or recipes) will be posted after the event for you to enjoy. #pottsgrovemanor #hearthcooking #18thcenturyfood #museum #historichouse #cookinglivestream #colonialfood #18thcenturylife

1739 Mount Pleasant Ledger Mount Pleasant Furnace was built along the French Creek in Berks County by Thomas Potts, John’s father, and two other business partners. Shortly after construction John began running Mount Pleasant Furnace up through the 1740s. Every furnace had clerks that kept the ledgers up to date; Robert Hogg was the clerk during John’s ownership. This transportation ledger has entries from June 9th, 1739 through August 3, 1741, keeping records of the iron deli...vered from Mount Pleasant Furnace to different Merchants in Philadelphia. John had quite a few teamsters delivering his iron. At this time most of the iron was taken by large wagons with teams of a dozen or more horses down the Great Road into the city. Some teamsters were illiterate, so signed with a mark like X, H, VB, etc. Robert Hogg then entered the words his mark and the name of the teamster alongside their marks. John also made a few entries in the ledger, possibly due to Hogg being busy with other tasks at those times. The Merchants had ledgers in their stores showing their orders and dates delivered to them. This system ensured that those deliveries arrived intact and with no damages. All of the Potts and Rutter furnaces had multiple ledgers like these throughout their lifetime. These ledgers help us to continue our research into the Potts iron empire. #pottsfamily #pottsgrovemanor #18thcentury #ironfurnace See more

Changing weather means changes to the garden! Cooler weather can affect the taste of many root vegetables and 18th century cooks often comment on the taste change. But many herbs and plants can't survive the cooler weather without some help, and glass, ceramic, and basket cloches were the colonial answer! Check out these glass bell cloches currently in the Pottsgrove Manor collection! #fallgardens #historygarden #pottsgrovemanor #historichouse #18thcentury #colonialways #historichousemuseum

Looking for a sweet treat to make this weekend? An apricot tart may be the perfect solution! There are many recipes in the 18th century that use apricot and next weekend for our Virtual Cooking Livestream, you can learn how to make apricot puffs too! Make sure to tune in next Saturday, October 17th from 10am to 3pm to watch all of the recipes prepared before your eyes. #pottsgrovemanor #hearthcooking #18thcentury #18thcenturycooking #apricots #colonialfood #historichousemuseum #cookingdemo #18thcenturylife