William Hill recipe book : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Hill, William, active circa 1840-1884, compiler.

Contributor:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.

Medicine.

Veterinary medicine.

Women--Health and hygiene.

Women.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Notebooks.

Recipes.

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Bartleby’s Books (Chevy Chase, MD), 2020.

Physical Description:

1 volume (40 pages) ; 20 x 17 cm + 38 leaves

Production:

New York, NY : circa 1840-1884.

Summary:

This volume contains 84 handwritten medical, veterinary, and household recipes written and compiled by William Hill in the United States around 1840 through 1884. The volume itself is a “writing book” printed and distributed by Elisha Starr Printer, Bookbinder and Stationer. It has paper covers with printed advertising for Starr’s business. There is an index (p. 39-40), several recipes and clippings laid-in (p. 2-3, 8-9, 24-25), and several blank pages (p. 18-38). Examples of recipes include for the rheumatism (p. 2), for Hajra Piere (p. 3), for the hypochondriacal pill (p. 4), for epilepsy fits (p. 7), for cancer (p. 9), a pickle for pork hams (p. 12), a powder for female weakness (p. 12), linament for a stiff joint by P. Hollenbre (p. 14), to kill lice on cattle (p. 16), and for debilitated sheep (p. 17). There are also numerous clippings laid in (p. 24-25) that include recipes and other articles, including one on women’s suffrage from 1884, and one regarding the presidents’ religious affiliations, ending with James K. Polk.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Cited as:

William Hill Recipe Book (Ms. Codex 2219). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1457920333