Ritter family recipe book : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Ritter, Jacob, 1754-1834, compiler.

Contributor:

Ritter, Isaac, 1788-1812, compiler.

Ritter, Benjamin Isaac, 1820-1872, scribe.

Ritter, George, 1781-1849, former owner.

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.

Medicine.

Pharmacy.

Sexual health.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Recipes.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by De Wolfe and Wood Rare Books (Alfred, ME), 2023.

Physical Description:

1 volume (198 pages) ; 20 x 17 cm

Production:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Charleston, South Carolina, 1810, 1813, 1844.

Biography/History:

Jacob Ritter, who was credited as the original creator and compiler of the majority of the recipes in this volume, was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 18, 1754 to Heinrich Ritter and Maria Elizabeth Dutt Ritter. On July 11, 1776, Ritter married Elizabeth Myrtetus, with whom he may have had as many as eleven children, including George Ritter (1781-1849) and Isaac Ritter (1788-1812), both of whom are mentioned in this volume. George Ritter was a furniture maker in Philadelphia and Isaac Ritter lived in Charleston, South Carolina as an adult. After Elizabeth Myrtetus Ritter's death in 1815, Jacob Ritter married Mary Hannah Chattin (1784-1847) on June 24, 1816. Together they had two children, including Benjamin Isaac Ritter (1820-1872), who is featured in this volume. In the Civil War draft records, Benjamin Isaac's profession is listed as a chair maker. Jacob Ritter was a merchant, who seems to have imported and sold drugs and other pharmaceutical products at 70 North Front Street in Philadelphia, PA.

Summary:

This volume contains copies of 50 recipes originally created and compiled by Isaac Ritter in Charleston, SC in 1810 and Jacob Ritter in Philadelphia, PA in 1813. The recipes were copied on June 27, 1844 by Benjamin Isaac Ritter, witnessed by Mary Hannah Ritter, and received on October 21, 1844 by George Ritter in accordance with the division of the estate of their father, Jacob Ritter. The majority of this volume is blank (p. 50-193, 196-198). Recipes included in this volume address a wide variety of medical concerns. Examples include injections for simple gonorrhea (p. 5), Bateman's drops (p. 9), Anderson's pills (p. 10), Dalby's carminative (p. 11), Warner's cordial (p. 13), liquid blacking (p. 14), worm powder (p. 22), laudanum (p. 27), and Weed's cough syrup (p. 43).

Local Notes:

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

Cited as:

Ritter Family Recipe Book (Ms. Codex 2194). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1438773519

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