Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Culinary and medicinal household recipe book.
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title from the content of the collection.
Level of description
Collection
Reference code
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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[18--]-[19--] (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
1 cm of textual records
Archival description area
Scope and content
Culinary and medicinal manuscript household recipe notebook including recipes for food (such as jelly and lemonade), medicinal remedies (such as an earache cure and a cough syrup), and household remedies (such as furniture cream and cement).
Contents are ... »
Notes area
Physical condition
Pages and binding are very fragile.
Script is in black, blue, and red ink and graphite pencil.
Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased from Pickering & Chatto Antiquarian Booksellers in 2021.
Language of material
- English
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Public domain.
General note
Although notebook does not provide a date, page 44 includes a pasted advertisement for "Seidlitz Powders" offered by "James Woolley, Sons, & Co., Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Chemists in Manchester" which may locate the notebook in the Greater ... »
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Control area
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Described by CGD in 2021.
Language of description
- English
Sources
- Archives of James Woolley, Sons & Co. Ltd. at the University of Manchester Library.
- More information about the Archives of James Woolley, Sons & Co. Ltd. at the Archives hub.