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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Harriet Eyre Manuscript Cookbook, approximately 1828-1849

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-058
Content Description

Dated from owner signature and date of 1828 on verso of front endpaper. Over 220 recipes including medicinal receipts written dos-en-dos at the rear, knitting instructions including lace for petticoats and patterns for van dykes; partial index

Dates: approximately 1828-1849

Receipt book, approximately 1710-1760

 Item
Identifier: 2005-010
Content Description An 18th-century commonplace book used to record financial accounts, poetry and then primarily for recipes and other household matters. From the names recorded in the ledger portion of the volume, it would appear that the woman whose volume this was, resided in a Puritan community. Specific places mentioned in the volume include Kensington and London. Entries written in at least two different hands.In total, the volume contains approximately eighty recipes, written dos-a-dos...
Dates: approximately 1710-1760