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 20 pages of which 20 are written. Recipes include: White Apple Sauce, Terrapins, Butter Biscuit, Clam Pancakes, To Fry oysters, Oyster Pie, Roast Ducks, Calf's feet turtle soup, To draw or melt butter, Drawn Butter, Gravy for...
This book has no author, place of origin, or date, but it is probably American, circa 1850. It is written in two different hands and is indexed in back with numbered pages. There are German, Irish, Siberian, French recipes. There are 130 pages of...
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...
This manuscript recipe book appears to have begun its life in England where it served as a practice book for handwriting, mathematics and money conversions. It then continues in a small but neat hand to document various medical and household...
The front cover is inscribed "Herbert Beaver- This Book in Blank was given me by the Revd. Mr. Robert Rowe Vicar of Pilton (Somersett) July 14th, 1765". Later on the back cover it is inscribed "Edward C. Lowe, Cheltenham, Eng. Mar. 1939." There are...
Domestic Cookery. Manuscript Cookbook. Owned by Jane Lymburner, Bellfast. Dated Jan. 2, 1817. Original wrappers, hand sewn at edges. Included are recipes for cooking and medicinal needs. There are 86 pages. There is an interesting cross selection...
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 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;...
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...
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...
This manuscript is dated 1810 at the bottom of the page which mentions New York. There are 31 pages of which 16 are written. (4 1/2 x 7 in.; 12.5 x 17.5 cm.)
The recipes include: gooseberry Wine, current Wine, cure for bite of a mad dog, Another...