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Boil a pound of chip logwood in three quarts of water for an hour; then add four ounces of pearlash, and two ounces of indigo pounded.
A New England receipt book from the 1830s — cures, dyes, inks and kitchen secrets, preserved exactly as printed.
Boil a pound of chip logwood in three quarts of water for an hour; then add four ounces of pearlash, and two ounces of indigo pounded.