Ellen Moore, "Miscellaneous Receipts," 1841
Ellen Moore, courtesy "Find-A-Grave"

Ellen Moore, "Miscellaneous Receipts," 1841

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[Library Title: Britton and Moore Family Papers, 1782-1890]
Manuscript Location
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library
Holding Library Call No.
4136
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
1791
Place of Origin
United States ➔ North Carolina
Date of Composition
1841
Description
Ellen Moore's recipe book is part of the library's collection of the papers of the Blodgett, Britton, and Moore families of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, North Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Ellen Moore was born Ellen Britton in 1817. She married Dr. Cornelius Godwin Cotten Moore (1819-1888) in 1841. She died in 1893, near Jackson, in North Hampton County, North Carolina. Ellen Moore's recipe book is dated 1841, the year of her marriage. In addition to culinary recipes, the book contains instructions for knitting socks and making cologne, dyes, whitewash, and medicines. The book is located Series 4, Folder 18 of the collection.