Elizabeth Barber, Household Book, ca. 1760

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Manuscript Location
Colonial Williamsburg, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library
Holding Library Call No.
MS 2004.18
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1611
Place of Origin
England ➔ Nottinghamshire
Date of Composition
ca. 1760
Description
This recipe book and household book was kept by Elizabeth Barber, of Nottinghamshire, England, around 1760. It includes both culinary and medical recipes as well as family birth and death dates. Elizabeth Barber was the mother of English scientist/inventor John Barber (1734-1793).