Edward Bagnell Letterbook

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Holding Library Call No.
Am.13549
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1585
Place of Origin
United States
Date of Composition
1814-1815
Description
Edward Bagnell owned St. Margaret's Hill plantation in Trinidad. This letterbook, kept in 1814-1815, while Bagnell was in New England and New York, covers Bagnell's efforts to stave off creditors. Interspersed are food and medical recipes, as well as expense accounts.