Place of Origin

United States ➔ Virginia ➔ New Market

Date of Composition

19th century

Description

This cookbook is part of the library's collection of the papers of the Baylor family of New Market, Caroline County, Virginia. Most of the papers date from 1770-1848 and primarily concern Frances Walker Baylor (d. 1783); her son, John Baylor, Jr. (1750-1808), who studied in England ca. 1770-1772; her grandson, Dr. George D. Baylor (1789-1848); and her great-grandson, Dr. Warner Lewis Baylor (1825-1894). In addition to the cookbook, the collection includes loose family papers, Dr. George D. Baylor's ledger of medical accounts, 1842-1847, and genealogical information on the Lewis and related families. Names in the collection include James Clay, Robert Farrish, John Fox, George Hoomes, John L. Pendelton, Robert Powell, Edmund Taylor, and F. Waring.