Medical and household receipts manuscript
Overview
Manuscript book of medical and household receipts, or recipes, some supplied by individuals and some copied from several Newcastle, England newspapers and other publications, the latest entry dating from 1776. The copyist is not named, but the sources of the receipts are often cited. The personal and geographical names indicate that the manuscript was probably created in the county of Durham in northern England. The individuals cited as sources include doctors, apothecaries, and housewives. The table of contents shows 221 receipts on pages 1-91, beginning "An Index of the Receits in the Book No 1. A medicine for the Ague w'h never fails of Curing were the patient is not a Drinker."
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1776
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Full Extent
1 volume (1 volume + 1 folder) ; Volume measures no taller than 25 cm; folder measures 22x37 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS C287
Physical Location
MS P626
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source and date of acquisition not recorded.
- Title
- Guide to the Medical and Household Receipts Manuscript Collection
- Subtitle
- Medical and household receipts manuscript
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by ksc, 2008. Finding aid encoded by mrk, 2008. Finding aid revised by cl, 2010.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in <language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6177474440
- Preferred citation
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Medical and Household Receipts manuscript, Department of Special Collections, MS C287, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository