Book of cooking recipes, Lydia Percival, Lenox, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

circa 1817

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

GUSN

GUSN-370145

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Description

Written on the front of the booklet: "Cooking Recipes - Written by Great-Great-Aunt Lydia Percival probably at the time of her engagement 24 November, 1817 (see last page). She married in 1818 and left Lenox, Mass. for western New York."

Details

Descriptive Terms

recipes
recipes

Physical Descrption

1 recipe book; 6 1/4 x 8 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.14.01.001

Places

Lenox (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Percival, Lydia (Author)

Material Type

recipes

Other People

Percival, Lydia

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

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