Christian L. Fisher daybook and recipe book, 1851-1852

Summary

Creator:

Fisher, Christian L., 1829-1855

Abstract:

This volume contains labor records regarding a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1851-1852), and recipes for medicines and food.

Extent:

1 volume

Language:

English
German

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by Meg Hixon, October 2011

Background

Scope and Content:

This volume (approximately 42 pages) contains labor records regarding a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and recipes for medicines and food. The first 17 pages consist of daily records of the work performed on the farm between January 1851 and August 1852, including making hay, harvesting corn, and cultivating fields. Each entry lists a worker's name (frequently C. Lantz), the amount of time (expressed as a fraction of a day), the type of work done, and the amount of pay owed (calculated at a rate of $1.00 per day). The remaining 25 pages consist of recipes for baked goods, inks and dyes, medicines, and products called "Cattle Powder," "Blood Purifier," and "Mortification." On page, written in Pennsylvania Dutch, is laid into the volume.

Biographical / Historical:

Christian Lantz Fisher, an Amish farmer, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on August 12, 1829. He and his wife, Mary Mast, married on January 6, 1853, and had one son, Elias. Christian L. Fisher died on October 23, 1855.

Acquisition Information:

2009. M-4723 .

Processing information:

Cataloging funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). This collection has been processed according to minimal processing procedures and may be revised, expanded, or updated in the future.

Rules or Conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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Additional Descriptive Data:

Bibliography

Hertzler, John, Sr. A Brief Biographic Memorial of Jacob Hertzler... Elkhart, Indiana: Mennonite Publishing Company, 1885.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Agriculture--Pennsylvania.
Amish cooking.
Amish farmers.
Formulas, recipes, etc.

Formats:

Daybooks.
Recipes.

Places:

Lancaster County (Pa.)