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,...
Handwritten book of recipes, 97 hand-numbered pages with two laid-in sheets. Gift of Ann Ziegert. Recipes include Mrs. Goldsby's Receipt Italian Cream, Rice Wafles, Pot au Feu, Sago Pudding, A Good Custard, Connecticut Bannock, Potato Cakes, Fresh...
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...
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...
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....
This cookbook has 15 pages of which all are written, and it has hard cover plates. The name Mrs. Sparkman is written in pencil on the inside front cover, circa 1850-1870. Recipes include: Mrs. Adams mince meat, Champagne punch, Black Cake, Ginger...
This book was compiled by Helen R. Rohm of Woodstock, Illinois, circa 1930-1940. The recipes are handwritten with a few pasted in from newspapers. There are 182 pages of which 70 are written. Recipes include: Sour Cream Cookies, Drop Cakes,...
The bookplate of "Wm. F. Murphy, Blank Book Manufacturer No. 27 N. Seventh Street, (Old U.S. Mint,) Philadelphia" is pasted inside the front cover of this cookbook. There are 128 pages of which 30 are blank, with 50 pages of recipes laid in....
Anonymous, but it may have belonged to Margaret Waters or Margaret Smith, possibly from Georgetown, D.C.The first lines appear to be a manumission document. Also included are expenses, presumably for Margaret Smith and paid by a third party. The...