New York’s Merchant’s House Museum Offers Rare Glimpse of Family Life in the 1800s

The museum, the city’s only 19th-century family home preserved intact, provides a look at everyday life

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The hand-knit, knee-high socks hang on a rack next to a stove on the fourth floor. Downstairs, a wool paisley shawl rests on a sofa.

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