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Manuscripts
The manuscript defines and explains the process of fermentation, with instructions for the fermentation and distillation of wines and liquors and recipes for making brandy, cinnamon water, and "a good water for expelling wind." The author and nationality of this brief account of distilling and fermenting is unknown; according to the dealer from whom it was purchased, the mansucript was found in the attic of an estate on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
mssHM 66750