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Cookery and recipe book, approximately 1689-1760

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-034

Scope and Contents

17th-18th-century recipes and medicinal receipts bound together ; many entries are in a variety of different hands, some signed ; there are at least 3 ownership signatures: 'Thomas Moyle [and family]', 'Receipts by my lady Culham. Joseph Barker. 1686', and 'Mary Jones Book - Mary Jones Har [sic] Book - Given har [sic] by Madam Smith'.

In total, the volume contains approximately sixty-four recipes, primarily of a cookery nature [e.g. 'To preserve green Fruits', 'To make a carraway cake.'], as well as a few of a medicinal slant [e.g. 'A most admirable plaster for burning, scalding or any inflamation, old sore, or wound']. Many of the recipes indicate their source; e.g. 'My lady Martin's receipt'.

Dates

  • Creation: approximately 1689-1760

Language

These materials are in English.

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.

Extent

0.01 Linear Feet (Recipes. 84 p. ; 16 cm. )

Physical Location

TX705|b.C66 1689 Undrsz

Horringer parrish registers, 1558-1850

pp.337-8

General

Dated from internally recorded dates and comparing the names with historical records.

Source

Title
Cookery and recipe book, approximately 1689-1760
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository

Contact:
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
2933 E. 6th St
Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
(918) 631-2496