This book was compiled in several hands, mostly by Benjamin Butterworth in Petersburg, Virginia, 1828-1867. Petersburg is located 22 miles south of Richmond. The city was founded in 1646 as a military post (Fort Henry) on the site of an indian...
Tavern ledger, Jonesboro, Greene County, Indiana, 1850-51. There are 143 pages with contemporary quarter-calf blue paper boards. This tavern offered liquor both by the drink and by the bottle, as well as an array of other goods, including liniment,...
The book includes recipes, along with some purchases, and the haying dates for 1838-1851. There are 31 pages of which 11 are written. (4 x 6 5/8 in., 10 x 17 cm.) Recipes include: Wafers, Jumbles, Diet Bread, Wonders, A light Cake baked in cups,...
The inside cover of this cookbook and end of the recipes read "M. Ragen" & "From M. Regan to Hannah Wade." There are three pages of accounts listed in the back of the book dated 1759. Purchases of Indian meal and corn indicate American authorship....
General Account Book of an anonymous American farm owner. This handwritten account book dates from August 1901 to April 1904. Although no location is given it is most likely Illinois since the owner subscribed to the Chicago American. This book...
This manuscript of 102 pages is written in three or four (probably feminine) hands. It contains numerous recipes for the table (including some for wine), accounts of cash received daily 1689-90 and accounts for purchases of food and household...