Eleanor King commonplace book, 1781-1783

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Summary

Creator:
King, Eleanor
Abstract:
Eleanor King, possibly of Liverpool, England. Commonplace book, 13 pages; 31 cm x 19 cm, dated 1781-1784, kept by Eleanor King. The book contains poems--some original, others attributed--interspersed with cooking and medicinal recipes. King typically signs her name and gives the dates with each entry. Recipes range from "Raison Wine," to "Sherif Cake," to her "Elixer of Health." One poem, possibly written by King, is devoted to the pleasures of breastfeeding and is titled: "On Seeing a Lady Nursing her own Child." The commonplace book once included several other pages which were cut away from the book at an early date.
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Research Center:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Collection ID:
RL.00782

Background

Scope and content:

Commonplace book, 13 pages; 31 cm x 19 cm, dated 1781-1784, kept by Eleanor King. The book contains poems--some original, others attributed--interspersed with cooking and medicinal recipes. King typically signs her name and gives the dates with each entry. Recipes range from "Raison Wine," to "Sherif Cake," to her "Elixer of Health." One poem, possibly written by King, is devoted to the pleasures of breastfeeding and is titled: "On Seeing a Lady Nursing her own Child." The commonplace book once included several other pages which were cut away from the book at an early date.

Biographical / historical:

Eleanor King, possibly of Liverpool, England.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2000
Processing information:

Processed by: Noah Huffman, September 2010

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, September 2010

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Cooking -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Breastfeeding -- History
Medicine -- Great Britain
Women -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Format:
Commonplace books
Names:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
King, Eleanor
Places:
Great Britain -- Poetry
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century

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