No 4 Memorandum No 5
contin
-ued from No 4.
June 29th 1776--
Mrs Schuyler (his Wife)
tho not beautifull
in her outward Form, is possed of Such
nota a beauteous Mind as must make
her agreeable to every one that hath the
pleasure to be acquainted with her; She
as doth her Husband, taketh
Pleasure in
regulating the Affairs of her Family, and
which by her Diligence & Care, is kept
in the neatest Order & the greatest
Harm-
-ony & the Decorum may
be observed in ev=
-ery Department of the Whole; this is
Besides the Persons before mentioned
which compose the Family are about
50 or 60 Blacks all of whom except those
who are necessary for Domestic Service
live in a large convenient House built
for that Purpose without the Gate; in the
House every servant hath their perticular
Sphere to act in I never Saw more than
2 in the House otherwise than in the kitch-
-en & those were waiters. Those who live
in the Out House each have their perticular
Departments to work in & regular
Hours
to Work in, their Victual is cooked at
certain Hours by their own Cookes to
which they are regularly called by a Bell
which Rings in the Morning for the Ser-
-vants to turn out to their Work, and
at Breakfast 7 for Breakfast, at 12 for