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How the Enlightenment Transformed Cats into Pets

How the Enlightenment Transformed Cats into Pets

by gwffoundation | Mar 16, 2018 | Daily Life in the 1700s, Lives & Legacies

We look at our cats today as the furriest, purriest companions known to humankind. But most cats in colonial America worked for their status as the designated house cat.  It wasn’t all lazy days trying to squeeze into the smallest box possible or snoozing in that tiny...

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