Catherine E. Tyson Recipe Book

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[Library Title: Smith-Tyson Papers, 1772-1942.]
Manuscript Location
Maryland Historical Society, Special Collections Reading Room
Holding Library Call No.
MS 981
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
189
Place of Origin
United States ➔ Maryland
Date of Composition
circa 1850
Description
The recipe book of Catherine E. Tyson, which dates from the 1850s, is contained in the historical society's Smith-Tyson Papers. Elisha Tyson (1750-1824), the scion of the Maryland Tyson family, was a well-known Quaker abolitionist, philanthropist, and wealthy merchant-miller, whose estate was valued at $300,000 at his death.

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