Cookbook, 19th century.

Location of collection:

Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

P.O. Box 1776

Williamsburg, VA 23187

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Douglas Mayo

Email: dmayo@cwf.org

Phone: (757) 565-8521

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Phone: (757) 565-8520

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Web: www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/research/john-d-rockefeller-jr-library

Summary

Creator:

R. Elwin, T. Watson, L. Wickam.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

This anonymous nineteenth-century, manuscript cook book contains recipes attributed to the Mesdames Elwin, T. Watson and L. Wickam. Includes recipes for meat, seafood, puddings, fruits, and wines. Also contained are directions for dying buff and for making cement. Several unsigned poems appear in the back of the volume.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 1981.

Physical description:

1 v. (264 p.)

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Cookery, American.
Cookery (Fruit).
Cookery (Meat).
Cookery (Seafood).
Cookbooks.