Place of Origin

United States

Date of Composition

ca. 1805

Description

This early 19th-century manuscript, written in English and French, contains about ten recipes. These include paint formulas, a method for disinfecting rotten meat, vinegar making, a method for curing butter as practiced in the parish of Udny[?], in Scotland, and Admiral Pococke's recipe for pickling beef. The book also includes a copy of a letter to the American Philosophical Society, in Philadelphia, regarding peach trees. At the end of the book there are lists, in English and French, regarding work completed by masons, including hours worked. The earliest date recorded in the manuscript is 1805.