Cake recipe and poem by Matilda M. Lewis, Rutland, Vermont

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1840s

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

GUSN

GUSN-370154

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Description

Recipe for "plain cake" written by Matilda M. Lewis (later Matilda Goodrich) of Rutland, Vermont. On the reverse is a poem dedicated to her younger cousin, Melissa A. Goodrich (later Melissa Carter). The recipe was gifted to S.P.N.E.A. by Melissa's daughter, Ada Carter Hopson. Written in pencil under the poem is a note: "This for your mother. I see it is dedicated to her."

Details

Descriptive Terms

recipes
poems
cookbooks

Physical Descrption

1 recipe; 7 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1942

Reference Code

EP001.14.01.008

Acqusition Type

Gift

Places

Rutland county (Vermont) [county]

Record Details

Originator

Goodrich, Matilda M., 1832-after 1910 (Author)

Material Type

cookbooks

Other People

Goodrich, Matilda M., 1832-after 1910
Carter, Melissa A., 1841-1918

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera collection - Cookbooks (Box 1)

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