I read this book in the 1950’s…it was purchased I believe during a vacation on Cape Cod. It was the story of a family from the perspective of the daughter. She helps her mother with the chores, sweeping with a corn broom, turning the spit and tending a cauldron and fire while rocking the baby in a cradle.The book describes their clothing…both their everyday working clothes and their dress clothes that they change into to meet this important person the whole community is waiting for…Peter Stuyvesant…Governor of New Amsterdam.
The illustrations were done either in colored pencils, water colors or pastels…not quite sure which after all this time.
Thanks for your time and efforts.
Possibly one of Rosalys Haskell Hall’s books – perhaps ‘Seven for St Nicholas’? I know some of her books were set in colonial ‘New Amsterdam’.
I wonder if it could be IF YOU LIVED IN COLONIAL TIMES by Ann McGovern. It was published in 1964, and republished 1992 and 2005, so be aware the cover may be different.