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Manuscript Recipe Book, [1838] ; s.l. (M-4424.2)

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Volume : Man [1838]
Abstract:
One volume (43 pages) contains brief journal entries on travels to various towns in Georgia including Marietta, Cussetta, Marietta, Macon, and McDonough often residing in boardinghouses. The writer often corresponded with a Mr. Currier regarding commercial matters. Most entries chronicle correspondence and financial transactions. Includes instructions for making graham bread, coffee, wagon grease, candles, lead for stoves, pest deterrence, how to blast rocks, and coloring for gold. With recipes for cures for snakebites, rheumatism, and cancer. Agricultural advice for livestock and crops. Some attributions to people or publications. One newspaper clipping regarding manure.

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