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Start Over Record Source University of Pennsylvania Subject Formulas, recipes, etc Year 1800 to 1849

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Thomas Ormsby recipe book, 1780-1813 (inclusive)

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1 volume
Abstract:
Thomas Ormsby was a member of a prominent Irish family living in Ballinamore House in County Mayo, Ireland. This volume contains culinary, medicinal, and household recipes compiled by Thomas Ormsby and probably other members of the family from at least 1780 to 1813. Culinary recipes include both sweet and savory dishes, and use a diverse set of ingredients, many of which were not native to Ireland.

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Family recipe book, circa 1849-1861 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (218 pages)
Abstract:
This volume contains 200 culinary recipes written and compiled approximately between 1849 and 1861 in England. The recipes were primarily written by two unidentified hands.

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Walker family recipe book, 1837-1915 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (184 pages)
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This volume contains 229 culinary, household, and medicinal recipes created and compiled between 1837 and 1915 by E. and N. Walker of Belper, Derbyshire, England.

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Sperling family recipe book, 1799-1816 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
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This volume contains 166 culinary, household, and medicinal recipes and was created and compiled between 1799 and 1816 in England. The primary contributor was possibly Sarah Ann Grace Sperling (1770-1850), but there are numerous hands present.

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Cookbook, not before 1803

Extent:
1 volume
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This volume contains 65 culinary recipes and was likely created in England by unknown creators starting in 1803.

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Jonathan Spencer pharmacopoeia, not before 1810

Extent:
1 volume
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This volume was created and compiled by Jonathan Spencer, a dentist, pharmacist, and physician from Lancashire, England, starting as early as 1810. It contains 133 pharmaceutical recipes, organized semi-alphabetically by remedy type.

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Limehouse recipe book, not before 1822

Extent:
1 volume
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This volume contains 206 culinary, medicinal, and household recipes written and compiled by Mrs. Jolip[?] in Limehouse, England as early as 1822, and likely into the 1830s. Based on this location, it seems as if the creator could have been from a middle or working-class background. The beginning portion of this volume contains mathematics exercises and practice and the remainder of the volume consists of culinary, medicinal, and household recipes.

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G. and E. Irving receipt book, 1830-1854 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
An oblong leather-bound volume with a clasp containing recipes for cooking and domestic household use in addition to information on woodworking and other miscellanous information.

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British household recipe book, circa 1840s (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (242 pages)
Abstract:
This volume contains 164 culinary and 21 household and medicinal recipes likely compiled in England in the 1840s.

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Family cookbook, 1829-1896 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (122 pages)
Abstract:
This volume contains 96 mostly culinary recipes created and compiled by two individuals between 1829 and 1896 in Northumberland, England.

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