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Elizabeth Leggatt commonplace book : manuscript
Creator
Title
Elizabeth Leggatt commonplace book : manuscript.
Production
Steyning, Sussex, England, 1759-1807?
Physical Description
1 volume (circa 160 pages) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Title on title page: "Miss Elizabeth Leggatt Her Book / February the 6th, 1759 / Steyning, Sussex."
Partially effaced inscription on front board: "Mothers Receipt Book."
Genealogical information about the children of James and Elizabeth Irish, 1769-1807, on front pastedown.
Binding: original parchment over boards, worn.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Samuel Gedge, Ltd. on the Margaret Deakers and Eugene Mersereau Waith Fund, 2011.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Autograph manuscript commonplace book, containing sections devoted to arithmetic lessons, medical recipes and treatments, and cookery recipes. The arithmetic lessons include multiplication, weights and measures, and the rule of three. The medical recipes include elixirs and syrups for colic, dropsy, kidney stones, "nervous complaints," and the plague, as well as ointments and salves for gout, boils and skin irritations. The forty pages of cookery recipes, which are written dos-a-dos and may be in a later hand, include directions for preparing main courses with meats and fish, puddings and other "made dishes," and baked items including cheesecake and sugar cakes.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
May 11, 2018
References
Elizabeth Leggatt Commonplace Book. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Elizabeth Leggatt Commonplace Book. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Commonplace books - Great Britain - 18th century.
Copybooks (instructional materials) - Great Britain - 18th century.
Recipes - Great Britain - 18th century.
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