58 leaves, 8vo (202 x 126 mm). Written in black ink. With 9 pp. table of contents at end, and with an additional approximately 60 blank leaves. Bound in contemporary boards with modern rebacking.  

 

The manuscript comprises practical advice, formulas, recipes and remedies for use in the home.  Included are formulas for the composition of alloys including brass, pinchback, printer’s types, steel joints, solder, silver solder, gold solder, ring gold, and yellow dipping metal. Also included are instructions on gilding wood, glass, porcelain, and other materials, and inkmaking, as well as formulas for lacquers of various colors, gums and resins, and cement, all with instructions for use. With recipes for preserving butter and for currant wine, and with several home remedies including a cure for jaundice using bitters, a recipe for a wash for diphtheria, and cures for snake bites.  The manuscript also includes several “magical experiments,” biographical information from the life of General Francis Marion, and fair copies of verse. Laid in are several newspaper clippings and two notes with various additional remedies.