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The metal pin illustrated was once the only way, that did not involve cutting and folding, to join items of paper together. Staples and paper clips did not exist. Pins and Needles were made in water powered mills in a difficult process to produce…

1783 38 Quarts White Currants}13 Ditt┌o ┐-----juice}1785 108 Quarts Currants @ 2½┌lbs pounds┐£1 " 3 " 64 Ditt┌o┐Rasps @ 2 " 6 48 Quarts Currants "10 " -Mem

Put 112:pounds lbs of Raisins to 15 Gallons of Cold Spring Water -1:pound lb Brown Sugar Candy1:pound lb White . Do …. Do1 Bottle of White Wine 1 Bottle of Brandy- Let it standSix Months & then Bottle it -

For ChilblainsTake of the best & sharpest white Wine vinegar& Spirits of Wine of each half a PintAlum half an Ounce in Powder.Mix them together. Wash the parts affected twice or three times a Day

Infusion of GallsTo a quart of rain water or any soft water puthalf a pound of finely powderd GallsOne once and a half of Gum Arabic powderdA quarter of a pint of lamp spiritsLet them stand together corkd up for at least a month. They may stand as…

Milk of Rose’s Take one quart of Rose Water- put into theBottle two Ounce’s of Oil of sweet Almonds- shakethem well together for ten minutes- then pour inhalf an ounce of the Oil of Tarter & continue shakingthe ingredients till well incoporated-…

To make Ginger Cake Beat two pounds of fine loaf sugar putone pound in a Tossing pan with asmuch water as will dissolve it withone ounce of Race Ginger grated finestir them well together over a veryslow fire till the sugar begins to boilthen stir in…

Carrot SoupTake 8 or 9 of the darkest & coloure’d Carrots,cut in large slices, put to them 3 Quarts of good broth/madesavoury first with Celery, Onion,Turnip, & c / let it boil enough till thecarrots are tender enough to rubthrough a tammy…

Crush and strain your Currants through a Coarse Cloth and to every- ┌2 Quarts ┐Gallon Gallon of Water put 2 Quarts of Currant Juice, and to every Gallon of Liquor put [┌21/2 ┐]3 pound of good Brown Sugar, assoon as the Sugar is melted and well mixe'd…

A Receipt how to make JellysTo a quart of Jelly four Bottles of Mountain Wine about half a pint of Brandy seven Lemons if poor fruit Eight parethe Lemons very thin and steep the rinds in part of the Wineall Night Sugar to your taste Eight Whites of…