-----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Henry Wiencek Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:19 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Jefferson's soap 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