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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

This item has been digitized and is available online .

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], "Book for Receipts " Recipe Book, Ms2008-024, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The "Book for Receipts " Recipe Book was purchased by Special Collections in 2005.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the "Book for Receipts " Recipe Book commenced and was completed in May 2008.

Biographical Note

No biographical information exists on the authors of the recipe book.

Scope and Content

The "Book for Receipts " is a recipe book written in England in 1731. At least two owners added to this work (the names of owners remain unknown) because the handwriting changes in the last third of text. Some recipe contributors are named, such as Lady Westmorland, Mrs. Catherine Sanderson, Mrs. Allston, Mrs. Gilbert, and Sr. Orlando Gees. Recipes focus largely on delicacies-not on staple meals-and home remedies. Categories of recipes include pickles and preserves, cakes, biscuits, jellies, creams, and beverages (wines). One noteworthy example of a home remedy entitled "The famous American Receipt for the Rheumatism " appears in the volume and, according to the author, "is very famous in America; a Hundred Pounds have been given for the Receipt. " Recipes also indicate the availability of foodstuff in the eighteenth century-as seen through the use of several pounds of good "Jamaican Sugar ".

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cookbooks
• Folk, historical, and patent medicine
• History of Food and Drink
• Traditional medicine

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the "Book for Receipts " Recipe Book by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).