Overview
Collection consists of an American handwritten cookbook of Sarah Fayerweather.
Dates
- Creation: 1764
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Originals closed; fragile. Use digital images.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the cookbook created by Sarah Fayerweather, as well as, copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderCollection consists of American cookbook of Sarah Fayerweather, which includes writing in different handwriting styles with recipes for cakes, puddings, meats, jellies, biscuits and home remedies. The cookbook also contains an index.
BIOGRAPHY
Sarah Fayerweather was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 1, 1730, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Hubbard. She married Thomas Fayerweather in 1756 and they lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They had four children. Fayerweather died in 1804.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 2007-M134
The cookbook of Sarah Fayerweather was given to the Schlesinger Library by Helen Cutter Maclennan, Radcliffe Class of 1957, in 2007.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates of the items in this collection are available through Harvard Library's Worlds of Change online collection.
Processing Information
Processed: August 2007
By: Anne Engelhart
Updated and additional description added: December 2020
By: Amber L. Moore
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
Topical
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by Patricia M. King/Schlesinger Library Director's Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01865
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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