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Margaret Hill Morris recipe book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-024

Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume recipe book of Margaret Hill Morris. This recipe book includes multiple recipes for pickling, drying, or otherwise preserving meat, eggs, and cream. A large number of recipes in this volume are for various ailments and illnesses, from adults to infants.

Dates

  • Undated

Creator

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical note

Margaret Hill Morris (1737-1816) was born in 1737, near Annapolis, Maryland. Her parents, Richard and Deborah (Moore) Hill moved to the island of Madeira when she was young, and Morris was raised by her aunt and uncle in Philadelphia. She married William Morris, a Quaker merchant, and early contributor to the Pennsylvania Hospital, in 1758. The couple had four children, three were born before William’s death in 1766, and one born after. In 1770, the family moved to the vicinity of Burlington, N.J. Morris was recognized as a skillful doctor and she regularly treated the ill and injured during the American Revolutionary War. Morris died on October 10, 1816.

Extent

0.04 Linear Feet (1 volume)

Language

English

Acquisition

Unknown.

Related Materials

  • MC.975.11.031 Elizabeth Shoemaker recipe book
  • MC.975.11.032 Anonymous recipe book
  • MC 955 Edward Wanton Smith
  • MC.975.01.049 Margaret Hill Morris diary
  • MC 1000 Gulielma M. Howland papers

Processing Information

Processed by Kara Flynn; completed December 2015.

Title
Margaret Hill Morris recipe book, undated
Author
Kara Flynn
Date
December 2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

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