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Receipt book : culinary, cosmetic, medicinal and household recipes

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Description: These two manuscript volumes of recipes were begun by Mrs. Elizabeth Nicolls in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and completed, amended and altered by a number of successive owners and users over the course of more than half a century. Volume 1 (1776-approx. 1815) and Volume 2 (1781-approx. 1827), are written in several hands, with numerous tipped-in manuscript notes, letters and pasted-in newspaper clippings; original vellum over pasteboards, with some damage to spines and corners. Also included, in a separate envelope, are additional leaves originally laid into the volumes and a small envelope with a lock of "Harry's Hair" (9 pieces).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1776-approximately 1827.
Call number: mssHM 83318 (Vols. 1-2)
Creator: Nicolls, Elizabeth(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd, From the library of Christopher Hogwood.

Receipt book

Manuscripts

This volume is a British mid-18th century medical and culinary receipts manuscript containing 46 pages of receipts in one hand and 42 pages of manuscript letters (loosely inserted). The letters were exchanged between women, many of whom were Catholic, and contain remedies for a variety of medical issues such as breast cancer, a sore eye, and more. Two of the letters were written by midwife Tryphena Barker and deal with childbirth.

mssHM 84024

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Notes taken by an American student on Ferdinand Jacob Redtenbacher's lectures on construction of machinery

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Two manuscript volumes of lecture notes written by an unidentified American student (possibly with the initials "C.H."); written in a legible hand with numerous diagrams and illustrations in the text. The lectures were held at the Polytechnikum Karlsruhe in Germany (now the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe). Volume 1, dated 1861-1864, contains lecture notes on the construction of machinery and is followed by the printed text of Tafeln zu Dr. Redtenbacher's Vortragen uber Maschinenbau in 13 nach dem Vortrag folgenden Lieferungen, 1862. Volume 2, dated 1862-1863, contains notes from the lectures of Reinhard Baumeister, Franz Keller and Hermann Sternberg; the lectures cover such subjects as bridges, cofferdams, practical arched construction, the Mt. Cenis tunnel, water works, and the process of tendering. Both volumes are damaged, with missing spines, though a portion of the spine from Volume 2 has been preserved.

mssHM 83387 (Vols. 1-2)

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Fishkill Landing Machine Company ledgers

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Two autograph ledgers belonging to John Van Tine and John H. Van Tine, machinists at the Fishkill Landing Machine Company. Volume 1, dated 1853-1909, is labeled: "Record of Steam Engines Built By the Fishkill Landing Machine Co." The volume contains information regarding the year of sale of engines, sold to which company, type of engine, etc. Volume 2, dated 1886-1894, contains autograph drawings, illustrations and notes by John Van Tine, whose name is written on the inside front cover, relating to the parts and installation of various engines for various buyers. Both volumes have loose spines and the pages show some wear and staining from being used as reference books for the machinists. Also enclosed are three pieces of ephemera: a printed letterhead with autograph notes on the verso, a typewritten letter with envelope addressed to George B. Van Tine, Jan. 2, 1940 and a typewritten "List of 16 x 36 Fishkill Engines as listed in small black books over desk," Jan. 6, 1940.

mssHM 83386 (Vols. 1-2)

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Recipe miscellany

Manuscripts

A collection of remedies, culinary and household recipes, this manuscript volume appears to be a fair copy with later annotations in the hand of Mrs. Holmes (whose name appears on the upper pastedown), dating from the last half of the nineteenth century. The recipes in the volume range from suckling pig and marmalade to furniture oil and the remedies include how to bleach freckles and make a gargle for a sore throat. Also enclosed is a manuscript originally laid into the volume and now placed in a mylar sleeve; it is a recipe for pomatora, from approximately 1675-1725, and on the verso is an autograph note addressed to "Mrs Jobber."

mssHM 83317

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Journal, commissions and orders concerning His Majesty's ships the Dorsetshire, Rochester and Royal Oak

Manuscripts

These two volumes record orders and naval operation while patrolling British waters in the Mediterranean during the war with Spain from 1717-1720. The first volume is a journal of H.M.S. Dorsetshire, Rochester and Royal Oak, and the second journal contains commissions and orders concerning the same ships

mssHM 57347 (vols 1&2)

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Recipe book on gynecology and pediatrics

Manuscripts

Manuscript is a compendium of "home remedies" concerning obstetrics and complications of pregnancy, as well as diseases of young children. The recipes include: inducing birth, when the baby in utero is weak, how the mother should be cleansed after wards, causes of miscarriage, care of the breast, and others. Also included are general recipes for post-partum mothers (often involving wine); newborn children who refuse to sleep; against children's "plague;" night sweats; coughs; screaming; headaches; chicken pox or measles; and both "red" and "white" dysentery. The volume was probably written in south Germany. Written in German cursive in brown ink on paper; bound in contemporary red-stained velum with remains of ties.

mssHM 83499

Receipt book : culinary, cosmetic, medicinal and household recipes

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