Manuscript cookbook, medical formulary, & account book, 1830
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
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
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319-335-5900 (Fax)
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