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Raisin WineMrs BesleyTo each gallon:┌ale measure┐of water, fivepounds of Raisins, & one of Sugar- let them standa week or longer- squeeze the Raisins & put the liquor ina barrel- let it stand six months- & drain it off clear- wipe the…

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Crush and strain your Currants through a Coarse Cloth and to every- ┌2 Quarts ┐Gallon Gallon of Water put 2 Quarts of Currant Juice, and to every Gallon of Liquor put [┌21/2 ┐]3 pound of good Brown Sugar, assoon as the Sugar is melted and well mixe'd…

1782 68 Qts Currants 1 Raspberries 33lb Sugar 53 Qts Cur32 Qts 8 Galls 2½ Sugar 8 " 20lb [illeg]/ 14 4lb 284/ 3 " 7 17 " 7 Mrs Starkie

1783 38 Quarts White Currants}13 Ditt┌o ┐-----juice}1785 108 Quarts Currants @ 2½┌lbs pounds┐£1 " 3 " 64 Ditt┌o┐Rasps @ 2 " 6 48 Quarts Currants "10 " -Mem

50 Qts{smudged ink} Currans

A Receipt how to make JellysTo a quart of Jelly four Bottles of Mountain Wine about half a pint of Brandy seven Lemons if poor fruit Eight parethe Lemons very thin and steep the rinds in part of the Wineall Night Sugar to your taste Eight Whites of…

The metal pin illustrated was once the only way, that did not involve cutting and folding, to join items of paper together. Staples and paper clips did not exist. Pins and Needles were made in water powered mills in a difficult process to produce…

To every Gallon of spring water, add-seven pounds of Lisbon sugar.Boil them a Quarter of an hour& keep scuming it Well, When the liquor is Cold, Squeeze in the juice-of two Lemons. Boil the peels with 2 ounces of ginger .in 3 pints of water, When…

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