 ... (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey, which was carved in oolido at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a common spoon in having a circular and very shallow bowl.) " At the manor these ceremonies were all repeated, another...  Colonial Days & Dames - Page 170by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - 1894 - 248 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1833 - 482 pages
...mourningring, scarf, and handkerchief, a monkey spoon was given.* At the manor, the whole ceremony was repeated ; another pipe of wine was spiced, and besides...presents to the bearers, a pair of black gloves and handkerchief were given to each of the tenants. The whole expenses were said to amount to five hundred... | |
 | Joseph Alfred Scoville - 1865 - 374 pages
...manor the whole. ceremony was repeated, another pipe of wine was spiced, and besides the same present to the bearers, a pair of black gloves and a handkerchief were given to each of the tenants. The whole expenses were said to amount to about .£500. These expensive funerals long continued a nuisance in... | |
 | 1870 - 720 pages
...monkey-spoon was given." (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey, which was carved in oolido at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a...tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to £500." Now, all this was a state of things and a manner of social life totally unknown in New England. We... | |
 | 1870 - 612 pages
...morikey-epoon was given." (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey, which was carved in eolido at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a...wine was spiced, and, besides the same presents to tho bearers, a pair of black gloves and a handkerchief were given to each of the tenants. The whole... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1872 - 1008 pages
...monkey-spoon was given." (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey, which was carved in tolido at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a...tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to £500." Now, all this was a state of things and a manner of social life totally unknown in New England. We... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1872 - 638 pages
...subject. He says ''a Monkey Spoon was so called from the figure of an Ape or Monkey carved in solids at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a...spoon in having a circular and very shallow bowl." G. ALFRED S. Buffalo, NY April, 1872. This answer's "Sego's" question only in part; it does not give... | |
 | Anne Hollingsworth Wharton - 1894 - 264 pages
...monkey-spoon was given. [This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey which was carved in sottdo at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a...the tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to £$oo."* Many interesting associations cluster round the Livingston manor, built by Chancellor Livingston.... | |
 | Katharine Schuyler Baxter - 1897 - 666 pages
...was given.' (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey which was • carved in solide at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a...the tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to five hundred pounds.' " Once in a year generally, the gentry of New York went to the city to transact... | |
 | Edward Oscar Dyer - 1903 - 352 pages
...extremity of the handle. It differed from a common spoon in having a circular and very shallow bowl. given. At the manor these ceremonies were all repeated, another...the tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to five hundred pounds." Another Philip Livingston was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.... | |
 | Edwin Brockholst Livingston - 1910 - 740 pages
...mourning ring, scarf, and handkerchief, a monkey spoon1 was given. At the manor the whole ceremony was repeated ; another pipe of wine was spiced, and besides...presents to the bearers, a pair of black gloves and handkerchief were given to each of the tenants." By his wife, Catharine Van Brugh, Philip had eleven... | |
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