Record Source: University of Pennsylvania / Online Content: Not Available / Language: English / Year: <span class="single" data-blrl-single="1861">1861</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This volume contains 86 pharmaceutical recipes by Dr. Newbolt, likely compiled by William Huxtable in South Molton, Devon, England from around the 1840s through 1887. This volume also contains summary financial accounts of the compiler's father and details of a property dispute between Huxtable and Thomas Ridler.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: The Sacred album to Amelia contains 26 poems and passages from various individuals dating from 1852 through 1854 and 1857, 1860, and 1863 in Philadelphia, PA and Paris, France. These writings convey loss, memory, and the desire for remembrance.

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Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This volume contains 94 recipes written and compiled by Eliza Dwight Pierce (1799-1878) in Greenfield, MA between 1853 and 1892 and two pages of financial accounts dating from 1947 to 1948.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Extent:: .6 linear_foot (2 boxes)
Abstract:: Louise A. K. S. Clappe (also known as Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe and "Dame Shirley") was an author and an educator, best known for her published "Shirley Letters, which describe her experiences in gold mining camps and towns in California from 1851 to 1852. This collection documents Clappe's later career as a teacher and lecturer in San Francisco, New York City, and New Jersey. While much of the material in this collection cannot be definitively dated, it appears that most was created from the mid 1860s through the 1890s.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This volume contains about 300 pharmaceutical recipes written and compiled between 1850 and 1878 by English chemist, George Speechly (1833-1928), with 180 of the recipes organized into an index at the beginning of the volume.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

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