Primarily written in one hand, the front section of this book contains recipes for cakes and pastries, while the middle is dedicated to sauces, pickles and preserves, and the rear to household cleaning and health, such as how to pack a summer wardrobe in the attic, how to get rid of freckles and pimples, ect.. Some laid in items, one a letter from 1897 by which the manuscript is dated. The source of one recipe is Berwick, Maine and the book was sold in Maine, thus the provenance.

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