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Traditional medicine

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Dry goods and trimmings day book

 Collection — small col. 48
Identifier: Col-1040
Content Description Account book for an unidentified Soudersburg Village, Pennsylvania dry goods and trimming shop from 1839 to 1855. Goods sold include various types of fabric, including muslin, canvas, velvet, and silks, as well as trims, buttons, and other sewing notions. Recipes for treatments for various medical ailments are written on the inside of the back cover. Throughout the account book, numerous customers are noted as being people of color, including John M. Brook, Barry (Berry) Maloney,...
Dates: 1839-1855
Found in: Winterthur Library

Mary Agnes Perrine Bell recipe book

 Collection — Box small col. 53
Identifier: Col-1079
Content Description

Recipe book compiled by Mary Agnes Perrine Bell after her marriage. The book contains numerous recipes for baked goods, desserts, soups, preserves, and medicines amongst others. The recipes are written into the book, as well as set in amongst the pages of the book on loose sheets of paper and newspaper clippings.

At the end of the recipe book, samples of tatting have been pinned onto two facing pages.

Dates: circa 1864-1875
Found in: Winterthur Library