Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Recipe Book of Mrs. Peter C. Minor [Lucy Smith Carter Minor], MS 699, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Virginia

Acquisition Information

Unknown

Biographical Information

Lucy Smith Carter (1819-1912) was born in Albemarle County to Dr. Charles Warner Lewis Carter and Mary Chastain Carter. She married Peter Carr Minor in 1840. They lived in Albemarle County until after the Civil War, when they moved to Richmond. Peter Minor died in 1879. Lucy moved to Washington, D.C. and lived in the Louise Home, a home established "for the comfortable maintenance and support of genteel yet impoverished ladies reduced by misfortune of the war." Lucy died at the home in 1912.

Scope and Content

This is a manuscript cookbook compiled by Lucy Smith Carter Minor. Some of the recipes are attributed, such as "brandy peaches" attributed to Green Mountain; "sponge cake" from "my sister"; "ginger cakes" by Mrs. John Coles; and "bread pudding" from Enniscorthy. The book has a range of recipes, though there seems to be an emphasis on cake and pudding recipes.

Index Terms

Family Names:

• Minor family

Subjects:

• Cookbooks
• Cooking, American--Virginia--Albemarle County