Elizabeth Storer Smith, by John Singleton Copley, 1769
Recipe Books of Mary Storer, Elizabeth Storer Smith, and Hannah Carter Smith, undated, begun 1738
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[Library Title: Smith-Townsend Family Papers and Papers II]
[Library Title: Smith-Townsend Family Papers and Papers II]
Holding Library Call No.
Ms. N-42Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
32Place of Origin
United StatesDate of Composition
1738-ca. 1799Description
These three recipe books were written by three related members of the eighteenth-century Smith family of Massachusetts: Mary Edwards Storer (1700-1771); Mary Storer's daughter, Elizabeth Storer Smith (1726-1786), and Elizabeth Smith's daughter-in-law, Hannah Carter Smith (1764-1836).Mary Edwards Storer was the wife of Ebenezer Storer, a Boston merchant, justice of the peace, and church deacon. The couple had five or more children. Elizabeth Storer Smith was the wife of Isaac Smith (1719-1787), an uncle of Abigail Adams (wife of President John Adams) and one of the wealthiest merchants and shipowners in Boston. The couple had four children. Hannah Carter Smith was married to William Smith (1755-1816), a Boston merchant, and had five children.
These recipe books are viewable in microfilm. To locate the books, scroll down to "Chronological List of Select Items." The books are the eleventh item listed under the date heading "1718-[177-]."
