My Grandmothers F: Sear Cloth

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My Grandmothers F: Sear Cloth

Transcript

Rx 4 ounces of red lead 1 ounce of white lead 3 ounces of Boalalmenack halfe a pint of Oyle Olieve. mix all these togeather & [strikeout] seet it on the fier & when it is half a nuf put in one ounce of Oyle of Exeter so let it simer a while longer then put in your Cloths & have a bord reddy oyld to ly them on then anoint your hands with oyle & Clap them smouth while. they are hot on both sides.

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oil of exeter See all items with this value
lead(II,IV) oxide See all items with this value
white lead See all items with this value
Armenian bole See all items with this value
olive oil See all items with this value

Contributor

Ochsner, Elizabeth
Le, Vincent

Source

Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Publisher

George Mason University Libraries

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Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

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