Mary Motte Alston Pringle Receipt Book

Title:

Mary Motte Alston Pringle Receipt Book

Date:

1840

Creator (Personal):

Pringle, Mary Motte Alston, 1803-1884

Description:

Receipt book belonging to Mary Motte Alston Pringle containing recipes, methods and remedies for food, housekeeping, and medicine from family, friends, articles and world travelers. Pringle often notes on effectiveness and provides personal anecdotes. Pages numbered 74 through 97 in Pringle's book are blank and therefore omitted. The table of contents can be found at the end of the book.

Collection Title:

South Carolina Historical Society Manuscripts

Contributing Institution:

South Carolina Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Middleton family
Alston family
Ravenel family
Hayne family
Izard family
Pinckney family
Frost family
Lesesne family
Faber family
Harleston family
Pringle family

Topical Subject:

Baking, Cake, Medicine, Puddings, Wine, Breakfasts, Pies, Biscuits, Bread, Cream, Jelly, Soups, Sauces, Coffee, Cooking (Meat), Canning and preserving, Ketchup, Typhoid fever, Dysentery, Carbonated beverages, Bitters, Face--Care and hygiene, Dental care, Candlemaking, Cholera, Dyes and dyeing, Laundry, Soap, Paint, Skin--Care and hygiene, Diarrhea, Elixirs, Tinctures (Pharmacy), Syrups, Cold (Disease), Cough, Tuberculosis, Temperance, Edema, Diphtheria, Indigestion, Laxatives, Menstruation disorders, Breastfeeding, Ointments, Rheumatism, Pills, Wounds and injuries, Smallpox, Scarlatina, Stains and staining, Pleurisy, and Formulas, recipes, etc.

Geographic Subject:

Charleston (S.C.), Georgetown (S.C.), Abbeville (S.C.), Edgefield (S.C.), Bluffton (S.C.), Yemassee (S.C.), Society Hill (S.C.), Union (S.C.), Santee (S.C.), and McClellanville (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Dorchester County (S.C.), Charleston County (S.C.), Georgetown County (S.C.), Abbeville County (S.C.), Fairfield County (S.C.), Edgefield County (S.C.), Beaufort County (S.C.), Hampton County (S.C.), Darlington County (S.C.), Newberry County (S.C.), and Orangeburg County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

1285.02.13

Date Digital:

2018-08-27

Digitization Specifications:

400 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Bookeye 4 Basic, Archival masters are tiffs.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public Domain.

Access Information:

For more information and re-use requirements contact the South Carolina Historical Society, Charleston, SC, 29401.

Admin ID:

23775