Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts / Subject: Business / Form: Recipes - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 volume (+ 2 leaves)
Abstract:: A volume comprised of formulas for dyes and dyeing textiles written by print works chemist Pythagoras Boyd between the years 1860 to 1865.

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Extent:: 1 volume (+1 leaf)
Abstract:: A small volume comprised of formulas for dying cotton, wool, and silk, written by Fred. Augustus Koehler, circa 1870-1885.

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Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Collection of various documents, mostly from 1830-1870, relating to a distillery located in Annecy, France.

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Extent:: 0.33 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Samuel Day (born 1806 or 1807 in Middlesex, England) owned and operated his own business, S. Day Pastrycook and Confectioner, Fancy Bread & Biscuit Maker, located in Strood and Rochester, Kent County, England. This collection includes Day's contract of indenture, apprenticeship rules, recipes, and detailed records of clients' orders dating from 1850 to 1873.

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Extent:: 1 volume (+ 32 leaves)
Abstract:: A volume comprising the daily transactions of the sales and expenses of Potter's Catholicon created by W. W. Potter. The daily accounting in the volume by agent and druggist Thomas E. Potter spans the years from 1826 to 1839.

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Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A parchment bound volume spanning from 1835 to 1855 containing handwritten recipes and instructions for varnishes, lacquers, and dyes.

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Extent:: 2 volumes (+ 8 leaves)
Abstract:: Two paper-covered volumes containing recipes, instructions, and ingredients for dyeing fabrics, cloth, and yarns kept by Ludwig Arnold of Nuremberg, Germany spanning the years from 1836 to 1849.

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Extent:: 1 volume (+ 1 photograph, 3 leaves)
Abstract:: An account book kept by John Wilson who lived in Troutbeck and Windermere, Westmorland, England spanning the years from 1849 to 1899. The volume comprises Wilson's recorded business transactions with clients. Wilson's records suggest he was probably a literary agent, editor, and stationer. He was paid for editing, writing, arranging, and printing and was employed by newspapers such as the Kendal Times and the Lake Herald and writers including George Augustus Sala and Eliza Winstanley. Bound at the end of the volume is Reynold's astrological and prophetic almanack for 1849 on sixteen printed pages.

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