Hattie P. Bassett manuscript cookbook.

Civil War era cookbook with contributions from Hattie P. Bassett as well as her mother and other female relatives. Recipes vary widely from cakes and pies to remedies for common health ailments and from fruit wine to hard soap. Approximately 187 entries in all.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bassett, Hattie P. (Author, Compiler)
Language:English
Subjects:
Cooking > 19th century.
Cooking, American > 19th century.
Cooking, American > Midwestern style > 19th century.
Cooking > Ohio > Geauga County > 19th century.
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, American.
Cookbooks.
Quarter bindings.
Leather bindings.
Marbled paper bindings.
Pasteboard
Marbled edges.
Inscriptions
Insertions (Provenance)
Genre:
Manuscripts.
Manuscripts, American.
Cookbooks.
Quarter bindings.
Leather bindings.
Marbled paper bindings.
Pasteboard
Marbled edges.
Inscriptions
Insertions (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
Author's inscription on front pastedown: Hattie P. Bassett, Jan. 1st, 1863.
Twelve assorted recipes, remedies, and miscellanea laid-in; removed, and now available in Manuscript Provenance File.
Bookseller's description, by Lillian A. Clark, available in Manuscript Provenance File.
Author's inscription on front pastedown: Hattie P. Bassett, Jan. 1st, 1863,
Twelve assorted recipes, remedies, and miscellanea laid-in.
Additional provenance information in bookseller's description.
Local Note:
MSU: Purchased with funds provided by the Beatrice V. Grant Endowment Fund.
Binding Information:
Quarter bound leather, marbled paper over pasteboard, marbled edges, spine reinforced with clear tape.
Physical Description:142 hand-numbered pages (approximately 74 of which are blank) ; 20 x 16 cm
Variant Title:
Hattie P. Bassett manuscript cook book [Other title]
Format: Book
Description
Summary:
Civil War era cookbook with contributions from Hattie P. Bassett as well as her mother and other female relatives. Recipes vary widely from cakes and pies to remedies for common health ailments and from fruit wine to hard soap. Approximately 187 entries in all.
Note:Manuscript.
Title devised by cataloger.
Includes indexes (pages 135-142).
Two newspaper clippings (affixed to front pastedown) give information on treating tetanus and controlling peach borers.
Newspaper clippings affixed to pages 73 and 102.
Call Number:MSS 813
XX codex
Source of Acquisition:
Lillian A. Clark; Chicago, IL; Purchase; 20180809. MiEM