A New Collection of Genuine Receipts

A New England receipt book from the 1830s — cures, dyes, inks and kitchen secrets, preserved exactly as printed.

About the Book

1831Published
(compiler unnamed)Author
216Receipts

A New Collection of Genuine Receipts (Concord, New Hampshire, c.1831) is the household book of its day: remedies, dyes, sealing-wax, ink and kitchen receipts side by side. Its cures include substances now known to be dangerous — everything is preserved as the historical record it is, and nothing in it should be acted on.

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This site reproduces the complete text of the original 1831 edition, digitized page by page from the original printing. The book is in the public domain.

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