Repository: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1810">1810</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1814">1814</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Anna Maria Farswell commonplace book, circa 1802-1817, 1949 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Anna Maria Farswell created this commonplace book in Devon, England from around 1802 to 1817. The volume contains excerpts from religious readings, hymns, and literature.

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Victor Hollier correspondence, 1775-1816 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: Victor Hollier was the commissary of the directoire and juge de paix in Fanjeaux in the Carcassonne region in southwestern France. This collection contains papers and letters that were in the possession of Hollier. In most cases, the items appear to be copies of official documents and reports concerned with the administration of Fanjeaux during the revolution.

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Sperling family recipe book, 1799-1816 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: 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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George Poyntz Ricketts letter book, 1803-1815 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: An oversize letter book containing the expense accounts, and outgoing letters of George Poyntz Ricketts who worked in India for the East India Company. The letters in the volume span the years from 1803 to 1815.

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Thomas Ormsby recipe book, 1780-1813 (inclusive)

Extent:: 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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James Smith Terry clippings scrapbook, 1782-1812 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: Volume comprised of clippings from English newspapers created by James Terry Smith spanning the years from 1782 to 1812.

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Hare family recipe book, circa 1785-1811 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This volume was written and compiled by John Hare of Canterbury, Kent, England, and gifted to his son, James Hare on 22 March 1785. There is a second hand present, indicating that James Hare continued to contribute recipes to the volume. This volume contains 135 recipes, mostly for medical remedies, attributed both to "J. Hare" and to numerous notable English and European medical figures from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Jonathan Spencer pharmacopoeia, not before 1810

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: 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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John Hall notebook, 1766-1810 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: John Hall of Waterbeach, England kept this volume of account notes and lists spanning the years from 1766 to 1810 with a majority of the entries written in the 1790s .

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English legal documents collection, 1592-1810 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: This collection contains 52 assorted English legal documents. Most are brief transactional records attesting to land sales, contracts, or estate settlements. Though mostly unrelated, there are a few small groups of connected documents, such as the five certificates of payment by Captain Roger Martin to various parties executed during December 1685. Beyond these transactional documents are a 1679 record of arguments before the Privy Council as well as a 1770 warrant for the arrest of Nicholas Gwyn, an Ipswich medical doctor.

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