Servants’ story

At the Phillips House circa 1919:

5

The number of servants employed by the Phillips family: 3 full-time women, 2 part-time men.

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$5

The weekly wage of Delia Cawley, longtime maid for the Phillips family.

$3

Cawley’s weekly wage at her previous job.

100

Years (combined) that Cawley and maid/attendant Caddy Shaughnessy worked for the Phillips family.

SOURCE: Historic New England