I have corresponded with Lenni. She is an excellent source and a nice person. Jane Steele. -----Original Message----- >From: "Anita L. Henderson" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Jun 21, 2007 2:21 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Jefferson's soap > >In a message dated 6/21/2007 8:19:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] >writes: > > >> >> And now for something completely different: >> >> I see a reference in Jefferson's accounts in 1773 to buying soap from a >> slave. Apparently the slave was making the soap, so I am asking if anyone >> can point me to a source that would explain how 18th-century farming folk >> made their soap. Nothing to get lathered up about. >> >> Henry Wiencek > >Dear Henry: > >Contact Leni Sorensen at Monticello regarding soapmaking. I saw her making >soap at Oak Ridge Plantation during a Camp Jeep festival a number of years ago. > I don't believe soapmaking techniques varied a whole lot whether it was >yeoman farmers or slaves who were making it. Her email at Monticello is >[log in to unmask] > > >Anita L. Henderson >Atlantic Guard Soldiers' Aid Society >www.agsas.org > > > >************************************** > See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Lillian Jane Steele