The book, written in several hands, is inscribed inside the upper cover: "Mary Chaytor's Book, Spenithorne [Spennithorne, York?] June 1804." A few entries are dated between 1823 and 1837. It is bound in contemporary parchment. There are 520 pages...
Anonymous, 1900-1920. The recipes are written in several hands starting with "Favorite War Time Cake." The book lists names of family and dates of auto accidents, deaths, births, etc. and appears to have been kept by someone who lived in Madison,...
Written on 70 pages, plus about 100 blank (watermarked 1825). This 4 to. book is bound in calf 1833-1861. It has 202 pages of which 72 are written with a watermark of 1825. This manuscript volume was probably compiled by a member of the Willis...
196 manuscript pages of cookery recipes, all densely written in one hand. Seeminly copied from other manuscript books she had kept, in order to have everything in one place. Each section has an index list of recipes placed before the full recipes....
Receiptes. By Robert Godfrey. England 1665. The folio is blind tooled calf antique with raised bands and red lettering label. There are 334 pages of which 179 are written. The folio is written in several hands, some toward the end bearing late 18th...
A very appealing manuscript cookbook, accomplished in a attractive,prefectly legible hand, containing many interesting recipes such as "To Make Marmalace of Quinces," To Jug a Hare," "Birds in Capuchins," "To Dress Necks of Mutton the West Indian...
Anonymous, circa 1889. There are 198 pages. Handwritten recipes and newspaper recipes are pasted into the "Annual-Report of the State Librarian" of Pennsylvania. The date 1889 is written in this book which is probably from Pennsylvania.
This book has 230 pages of which 190 are written and was rebound in half calf in the late 19th or early 20th century. The recipes are very unusual. Among them: biscuit pudding with almonds and wines (sack); bread puddings; common plain pudding;...
Primarily written in one hand, the front section of this book contains recipes for cakes and pastries, while the middle is dedicated to sauces, pickles and preserves, and the rear to household cleaning and health. Some laid in items, one a letter...
The recipes are dated 1934, 1855, and 1864. It is written in two directions; the first half is all recipes and the second half is odds and ends, mostly recipes, medical advice, and medical recipes, although some household recipes and knitting...
In the back of this New England cookbook are references to the Springfield, Massachusetts Republican newspaper. Springfield is 5 miles north of the Connecticut state line and 80 miles SSW of Boston. This port of entry was first settled in 1636 by...
Combination of travel diary and recipes and receipts. The cookbook consists of approximately 51 manuscript pages, plus 8 later manuscript recipes laid in, and contains some 100 recipes primarily for cakes and other baked goods, including, Jane's...
This book bound in its original vellum has 168 pages of which 61 are written. (6 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.; 16 x 19.5 cm.) Recipes include: sauce for cold game, white sauce for carp, potato pudding, how to pickle beef, how to dye yellow, recipe for the gout,...
The recipes include "to colour a room green," cures for whooping cough, toothache, typhus, warts, corns, consumption, a strengthening potion, antibilious pills, and a remedy for rheumatism. There are occasional drink-related resipcies including...
Miss Caldwells Book. Manuscript recipe book, 1757 -- 1790. Included is an index with 11 pages of menus or Bills of Fare. This manuscript recipe book is inscribed "Miss Caldwells Book, August the 13 1757," later the property of Catherine Sparks and...
Folio. 195 pages. Nineteenth century cloth and boards, leather title label on spine. Holograph recipe book begun by Mary Carnegie in 1804 and picked up by Susan Gillespie in 1840 and continued by a few other Gillespies until 1905. All but the last...
Receipts 1834. Compiled by Margaret Dyson Holland, Heighington, [England] July 15, 1834. This book is bound in paper-covered board with calf spine and gold gilt. There are 146 pages of which 96 are written. With recipes for Sloe Gin and Barley...
This book was compiled by M.J. Delaney of Chicago, Illinois, 1933. It was written in: EVERY DAY DIARY. With Records Information Guide and Facts Needed Daily. Whitman Publishing Co. Racine, Wisconsin, 1932-33. There are 178 pages of which 143 are...
This is a handwritten notebook of M.E. Ludwig for her Dietetics class. Some of the recipes are handwritten in pencil and some in ink. Others are pasted in from cookbooks and newspaper clippings. There are several newspaper clippings of Miss...
This book was handwritten and compiled by L. Gagnore, circa 1930 -- 1940. Some pages deal with lecture material, others recipes, some menus for lunch, dinner, etc. There are 196 pages of which 83 are written.