Philip and Hannah Evans Recipe Book, 1793

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[Library Title: Recipe book, 1793.]
Manuscript Location
Winterthur Library, Quaker and Special Collections
Holding Library Call No.
Doc. 245
Manuscript Cookbooks Survey Database ID#
543
Place of Origin
United States ➔ Pennsylvania ➔ Philadelphia
Date of Composition
1793
Description
The recto of the first leaf of this book reads, "Philip Evans's Book, 1793." The verso of the first leaf reads, "Philip Evans his book, but also Hannah Evans." Nothing is known about these individuals. The volume contains both handwritten and clipped recipes for breads, puddings, biscuits, and cakes. It also includes remedies, several pages of which bear the word "Philadelphia," written in script on the bottom.