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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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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
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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…
Handmade pin
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…
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If you want half the quantity it will keep 2 days adding the creamthe day it is need’d as before men--tionedBrawnBoil a calves head with skinon till very tender- Bone it roll it up tight as brawn-season- Cottege pudding6 ounce oz grated bread- ¼…
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To stew golden pippinsThe core must be scoope’d out before they are pare’d- put them into water as you parethem, to a quarter of a hundred put a gill or more of white wine, the juice ofone lemon, & long slices of lemon peel, putthem into a…
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Almond CakeTake 4 egg Whites & Yolks, beat themseparately, ½ a pound lb of Jordan Almonds-pound them small, 1 pound lb of double refine'd sugar- pounded and sifted, half a pound lb offlour drye’d before the fire, one lemon,mix your eggs sugar and…
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RheumatismThree ounces of sarsaparilla sliced and bruise’d1 Quart of fine Spirits of wine let them standtogether in a wide mouthe’d bottle close stoppedt3 days by the fire then strain out the li--quor very hard, & add to it 2 ounce oz of…
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For DeafnessFill an ounce Phial with Bay Saltand spring water, equal quantities, whendissolved drop 4 into a teaspoon, conveythese 4 drops into the Ear going tobed lying on the contrary side; repeatit 4 Nights-To make hair water30 handfulls of…