Dream job!
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chocolatepotApparently caretakers get to live in historic houses rent-free. The best bit is the end:
But 18th-century living has grown on her. Four years ago, she tattooed a colonial-era engraving on her arm, and took up historical re-enacting. She hand-sews her corseted gowns in her apartment in the mansion’s servants’ quarters.
She met her fiancé, the occupant of a historical home in Philadelphia, at an Revolutionary War re-enactors ball, drawn in by, among other things, the historical accuracy of his Continental Army staff sergeant’s uniform.
But 18th-century living has grown on her. Four years ago, she tattooed a colonial-era engraving on her arm, and took up historical re-enacting. She hand-sews her corseted gowns in her apartment in the mansion’s servants’ quarters.
She met her fiancé, the occupant of a historical home in Philadelphia, at an Revolutionary War re-enactors ball, drawn in by, among other things, the historical accuracy of his Continental Army staff sergeant’s uniform.
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