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

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Tanning Leather

An eminent tanner in Poland, has ascertained that the leaves of the oak are equal to the bark, in tanning leather; provided they are used in the month of September, when they possess a bitter sap, which they afterwards lose.

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