Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

The collection has been digitized and is available online.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Hertford Receipt Book, Ms2008-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Hertford Receipt Book was purchased by Special Collections in 2004.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Hertford Receipt Book commenced and was completed in June 2008.

Biographical Note

No biographical information is available for those attributed in recipes, such as Miss Anne Morris, W. R. Price, and Mrs. Whitmore.

Scope and Content

The Hertford Receipt Book is a recipe book written in Hertford, England (a county town of Hertfordshire) from 1800 to 1833. The recipes were documented by several people as handwriting changes throughout the volume. Some recipes are ascribed/attributed and dated. Attributions include: Miss Anne Morris, W. R. Price, Mrs. Whitmore, the Hertford Paper, and the Shrewsbury Paper among others. Recipes for home remedies and household necessities encompass a large portion of the manuscript, examples of which are a "Receipt for Killing Rats," a formula for "Common Lead Coloured Paint," and "A Salve for Drawing Wounds." Edible recipes include: jellies, cakes, breads, meats, stews, and beverages (ales and wines).

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cookbooks
• Folk, historical, and patent medicine
• History of Food and Drink
• Traditional medicine

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Hertford Receipt Book by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).