Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Excerpted from The Irving library, vol. 7, no. 949. Includes debate with Stephen Douglas (June 17, 1858), speech at Independence Hall (Feb. 21, 1861), First Inaugural Address (Mar. 4, 1861), Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863), Gettysburg...
A weekly publication containing maps, entertainment, road report, directions to places directly associated with Abraham Lincoln marked with bronze tablets, lists of where to dine, what to see, railroads, civic organizations and clubs, bus lines,...
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...
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...
This book was handwritten by Jenny Patterson and indexed. The book was dated May 24, 1880. The name E.B. Patterson is on the front fly leaf. There are numerous American recipes and an address of a New York doctor inside. The origin of the book is...