A New England receipt book from the 1830s — cures, dyes, inks and kitchen secrets, preserved exactly as printed.
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Silk is dyed blue by a ferment of six parts of bran, six of indigo, six of potass, and one of madder. To dye it of a dark blue, it must previously receive what is called a ground-colour; a red dye-stuff, called archil, is used for this purpose.