Margaret Burd Coxe Cookbook

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[Library Title: Margaret Burd Coxe papers]

Holding Library Call No.
Am.912339
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1594
Place of Origin
United States ➔ Pennsylvania ➔ Philadelphia
Date of Composition
1817-1832
Description
Margaret Burd Coxe (1781-1845) married Daniel William Coxe (1769-1852) in 1800. She kept the Coxe household accounts. The first volume of these accounts is described by the library as a cookbook containing medical recipes; it is dated 1817-1832. The remaining four volumes contain receipts for goods and wages.