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He at least borrowed female labor from Emmerson if he didn't hire himself. What was he gonna do, wash his own underwear?
Thoreau describes the cabin as a single 10 x 15' room with very few possessions, so there wouldn't be much to clean. And he spent a significant amount of the book describing cleaning routines. So yeah, I expected no housekeeper for sure.
What's your source for the housekeeper claim? I tried some internet searching but couldn't find anything mentioning a housekeeper.
Entirely possible I'm misremembering something I read for class as far as housekeepers, but chances are strong that he sent out his laundry, because laundry was heavy work.
He didn't need a housekeeper, because his mother did his laundry and brought him food.
lol, even better