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Manuscript cookbook, medical formulary, & account book, 1830

 Item — Volume: US 25

Dates

  • Creation: 1830

Extent

From the Collection: 10.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Materials Specific Details

This book was compiled by William Moulton of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell, located in northeast Massachusetts, 24 miles N.W. of Boston, was settled in 1653, incorporated as a town in 1826, and as a city in 1836.

The book is dated February 29, 1830, 16 mo., and has the original wrappers.

Recipes include Ginger Cookies; Soft Gingerbread; Cream Cakes; Gingerbread; Ginger Snaps; Cup Cake; Cookies; 1 pt, alcohol 90 per ct; washing fluid; cure for caked Bag in Cows.

Materials Specific Details

Embossed tan and blue hard cover. The book includes 24 pages of which 15 are written. Pages are diffrent colors, such as blue, purple, tan, yellow endpapers. Many pages have been roughly cut out.

Dimensions

(3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 9.5 x 14.5 cm.)

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)