Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 1 - 5 of 5

Richard G. Dunn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 D93
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1835-1881, of Richard G. Dunn, City Point, Prince George County, Va. including accounts of him and his wife, Sarah A. Dunn but mostly consisting of accounts of Dunn as executor of the estates of Daniel Eppes and Lucretia Thweatt and as assignee of J.E. Hubard. Includes recipes, 1848, for plum cake.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

John L. Bosworth Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00275
Scope and Contents 28 ledgers ranging from 1891- 1948 tracing Bosworth's medical practice and house calls in and around Randolph County, West Virginia. In addition, there are bank receipt books, several letters, newspapers clippings, and a scrapbook of news clippings. Most of the ledgers are indexed by patient and household and include notes and relevant charges for his services, including the dispensation of medicines. Bosworth was the County Health Officer for Randolph County for some years and as such...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

John W. Lewis and Lewis P. Olds Papers, 1808-1902

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.022
Scope and Contents Collection consists of the papers of three Southerners, dating predominantly from the 19th century. John W. Lewis lived in Virginia, Mississippi, and North Carolina and the portion of the collection from this Methodist minister and farmer includes references to religion including sermons, farming, and slavery. Lewis P. Olds was a North Carolina lawyer and politician and the collection includes evidence of his career as well as poetry and short stories he wrote. The remainder of the...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Maury Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 97 M44
Scope and Contents Papers, 1777-1977, of the Maury Family of Virginia, New York City and Liverpool, Eng. Includes letters and business papers of James Maury (1746-1840), the first American consul to Liverpool, England, and the letters of his second wife, Margaret Rutson Maury (1805-1882), of Liverpool. A significant amount of the collection is comprised of letters, business papers, legal papers, and diaries of  the next two generations of the Maury family, including Ann Maury (1832-1890) of Liverpool and New...
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

John B. Wiley Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV R3
Scope and Contents

Recipe book, circa 1825-1835, of Dr. John B. Wiley, Gerrardstown, West Virginia. The volume includes home remedies, a recipe for cold cream and a household inventory, 1829.

Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Filtered By

  • Subject: Virginia--History X
  • Subject: Recipes X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Cookery, American 2
Correspondence 2
Financial records 2
Photographs 2
Accounts 1
∨ more
Broadsides 1
Cookery--Southern States 1
Cookery--Virginia 1
Cosmetics 1
Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century 1
Design drawings 1
Diaries 1
Executors and administrators--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Fermented beverages 1
France--Foreign relations--1792-1815 1
Genealogy 1
Legal documents 1
Liverpool (England)--History--19th century 1
Medicine, Rural--Practice 1
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions 1
Medicine--Practice 1
Medicine--West Virginia--History 1
New York (N.Y.)--History--19th century 1
North Carolina--History--19th century--Sources 1
North Carolina--Social life and customs--19th century 1
Oceanography--19th century 1
Poems 1
Prince George County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
Sermons 1
Slavery--North Carolina--History 1
Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 1
United States--Foreign relations--France 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Virginia--Cotton Farms--19th century 1
Virginia--History--18th century 1
Virginia--History--19th century 1
Virginia--History--19th century--Sources 1
Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century 1
West Virginia--History--19th century 1
∧ less
 
Language
French 1
 
Names
Bosworth, John L. 1
Dunn, Richard G. 1
Dunn, Sarah A. 1
Eppes, Daniel 1
Finnegan, Shawn 1
∨ more
Hubard, J. F. 1
Latting, Sally 1
Lewis, John W., [1808]-1885 1
Maury family 1
Maury, James, Sr., 1718-1769 1
Olds, Lewis P. 1
Thweatt, Lucretia 1
∧ less