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Preferred Citation:

William A. Baker Recipe Book, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Scope and Contents

Recipe book, 1806-1815, of William A. Baker, of Winchester, Va., containing recipes for beer, wine, and liquor as well as formulae for varnish, sealing wax, cosmetics, medicinal remedies, ink, and dyes. The volume also includes pen and ink sketches (tinted with watercolor) showing the construction of a piano with detailed notes and genealogical data concerning the Foster and Baker families.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Baker family
• Beer
• Cookery, American
• Cosmetics
• Dyes and dyeing
• Genealogies
• Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
• Piano--Construction
• Recipes
• Sealing compounds
• Varnish and varnishing
• Wine and wine making--United States