Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1860- 1860
Abstract:
Notebook with pasted-in and handwritten recipes for a wide range of
household uses, from ginger beer to silver polish to a formula for determining the weight of live cattle.
Type of Material:
Do-it-yourself manuals.
Recipes.
Subject:
Housewives.
Cooking, American.
Formulas, recipes, etc. -- 19th century.
Home economics -- United States -- 19th century.
Housewives -- United States -- History.
Traditional medicine -- 19th century.
Creator:
Horton, Lucy Ann Lewis, 1812-1901.
Inclusive Dates:
1836- 1924
Abstract:
Papers of Lucy Ann Lewis and her husband David M. Horton. Collection
contains genealogical material of the Lewis family of Oneida County, New York, account books, diaries, and photographs. Of
special interest is a diary kept by Mrs. Horton, 1877-1878, with daily summaries of commodity prices, weather, and her daily
workload, as well as reference to her husband's business, and news items.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Diaries.
Genealogies (histories)
Photographs.
Subject:
Cayuga County, New York -- Agriculture.
Whitestown (N.Y.) -- History.
Housewives.
New York State
Women Authors
Housewives as authors.
Housewives -- United States -- History.
Women -- New York (State) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.