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The Johnson family treasury : a collection of household recipes & remedies, 1741-1848 / edited by Nathalie Cooke & Kathryn Harvey ; foreword by Lynette Hunter ; transcribed by Erin Yanota.
- Title
- The Johnson family treasury : a collection of household recipes & remedies, 1741-1848 / edited by Nathalie Cooke & Kathryn Harvey ; foreword by Lynette Hunter ; transcribed by Erin Yanota.
- Publication
- Oakville, Ontario : Rock's Mills Press, [2015]
- ©2015
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Request in advance | TX57 .J64 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xx, 231 pages : illustrations, facsimiles; 26 cm
- Summary
- "Compiled between 1741 and 1858, the recipes and remedies in this collection offer a fascinating glimpse into household technology, domestic medicine, and new foods available to the privileged classes in an age of expanding colonialism. Readers will be able to see the original pages and familiarize themselves with the different and very beautiful handwriting of the manuscript. Recipes on each page also appear in typescript so contemporary readers can quickly find information about ingredients and methods of preparation"--Back cover blurb.
- Alternative Title
- Collection of household recipes & remedies, 1741-1848
- Mrs. Johnson's receipt book
- Receipt book of Mrs. Johnson
- Subject
- Johnson family
- 1700-1899
- Formulas, recipes, etc. > England > History
- Home economics > England > History > 18th century
- Home economics > England > History > 19th century
- Cookbooks > History > 18th century
- Cookbooks > History > 19th century
- Cooking, English > History
- Commonplace books > Facsimiles
- Commonplace books
- Cookbooks
- Cooking, English
- Formulas, recipes, etc
- Home economics
- Cooking > methods
- Women > history
- Medicine, Traditional
- England
- Genre/Form
- Commonplace books – England.
- Facsimiles
- Diaries
- Cookbooks
- History
- Formulary
- Cookbook
- Cookbooks.
- Diaries.
- Facsimiles.
- History.
- Note
- Original manuscript held as part of the Una Abrahamson Collection at the University of Guelph, Archival and Special Collections.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword by Lynette Hunter -- Introducing The Johnson Family Treasury by Nathalie Cooke -- Introduction to the Transcribed Receipts by Erin Yanota -- Illustrations -- Mrs Johnson's Receipt Book 1741-2 -- Receipt book pages -- Loose pages and inset -- Johnson index -- Alphabetical index of all receipts -- Alphabetical index of medicinal topics -- Index of medicinal topics, organized by contributor -- Contributor biographies and acknowledgements.
- ISBN
- 9781772440089
- 1772440086
- OCLC
- 926096730
- SCSB-12028607
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library