This 128-page volume contains mathematical notes and recipes compiled by Sarah Sinnock of Bexhill, England, around the turn of the 19th century. Sinnock's name and a date [1797?] are written on the front cover. The mathematical notes are written on most recto and some verso pages, some of which are dated 1798. Many of the volume's verso pages contain recipes and cooking instructions, some of which are dated 1801. Sinnock compiled recipes for pickled meats and mushrooms, cakes, and pies, as well as instructions for roasting numerous types of birds and clarifying butter. She also wrote recipes for various wines, including orange and ginger, jellied pigs' feet and ears, and preserved pears, and she wrote notes pertaining to cuts of beef.
Sarah Sinnock was born in Bexhill-on-Sea, England, on April 13, 1782, the daughter of Thomas (1745-1789) and Sarah (1744-1797) Sinnock. She married James Cramp (b. 1783) on November 12, 1806, and they had eight children: Sarah Sinnock, Elizabeth, Ann Thomas, Mary, James, Susanah, Jane Golding, and Harriet. The Cramp family moved to upstate New York in 1829. Mary Cramp married William Foster of Oswego, New York.
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