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Slip 3
Lavender Waterbest rectified Spirits of wine 1 QuartOil of Lavender half an ounceEssence of Ambergrease 1 scruple- mixe’d well together, corke’d down close& let to stand 2 months before it is used-Lip Salve Steep a pennyworth of Alkanet root in 2…
Slip 4. Page 1. Recto
Laxative absorbant mixturePut one dram of magnesia alba in a mortarwith 10 or 12 grains of the best Turkey rhubarband add to them 3 ounces of common Water; simplecinnamon water & syrup of sugar, of each oneounce.As most diseases of Infants are…
Slip 4. Page 3. Recto
White DecoctionTake of the purest Chalk in powder, two ounces, gum arabic; half an ounce; Water three Pints. Boiled to one quart & strain the Decoction. This is a proper drink, in acute disease attended with, or inclining to a looseness &…
Slip 9
Take 5 Gills of cream put two teaspoonsfull of rennet& stir it well. Pour the same quantity of good new milk made hot upon the cream & let it stand till it breaks, then take upthe Curd but break it as little as possible & put it in a…
A Letter
Heraldry CollegeDoctors Commons4 Jan'y 1845My Dear Madam.I have lately been so unwell as tobe unable to attend to Business on accountt of a severe attack of Influenza being much better I have again resumedmy duties. and in reply to your letter I have…
Huntroyd House
1920 photo of Huntroyd House. The picture looks South West past the Smoking Room end gable, built around 1782, toward the Green Court and the octagonal roof of the Game Pantry can be seen on the left. The Smoking Room block was demolished in the…
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Slip 2
Soup MeagreTake 4 large Onions, 4 Cucumbers, cut rhem in slices, 4 lettucescut into Quarter, or less if you like it, 2 pints of pease, & a ¼ lb of Butter, put them all into a Stewpan & stew them over a slow fire un‘till they are tender- take…
Slip 10: Haberdasher's Bill
Reveren'd T Starkie Black burn 24 Novembe,r 1797Bought of Habitshaw & Fisher;---- LINEN and WOLLEN DRAPERS, ----Haberdasher Hosiers &cPerfumery3 yds Cambric Muslim 5/6 16 " 62 Pair Wooling Gloves 5 -- 101 pair Do Do - 7 -- 7 10 3/4 Flannel --…
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English had still not become entirely standardised within the Huntroyd Receipts, or at this time.Is…