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Diaries and Notebooks, c. 1825-1880
The diaries and notebooks series is comprised 24 items, spanning 1825 to the 1880s. Townshend’s two school notebooks document his education at Bitteswell School in England, and are interesting in light of his strong emphasis on practical education later in life. They are also the only manuscript items in the collection representing Townshend’s childhood. The bulk of the subseries consists of Townshend’s diaries, which for the most part contain fairly short, terse entries describing his work, weather, and travel. The exception is his 1848-1853 "Memoranda Book," which is made up of long and fascinating entries on such topics as skepticism of Spiritualists, the funeral of Henry Clay, meeting and befriending the poet Grace Greeenwood, and other subjects. The diaries Townshend kept during the Civil War sometimes mention Thomas and Miriam Easterly, whom Townshend visited while stationed in St. Louis. Townshend also kept notebooks based on topics, and these are placed at the end of the series, and concern lessons that Townshend taught as a Sunday School teacher and thoughts on agricultural and veterinary topics.
Recipe and Medicinal Remedy Book, 1860-1868 ; [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?] (M-4674.1)
Volume : Recipe 1860-1868
Single volume book (97 pages), containing many cake recipes (French, sponge, fruit, measure, cream of tartar, Federal) and other desserts (baked Indian pudding, jumbles, soft and Exeter gingerbreads, doughnuts, jelly, lemon pies and pudding, French puffs, cottage pudding, fritters). Savory dishes include buttermilk cakes, cornbread, brown bread, oyster patties, cod fish cakes, pastry, spiced oysters, batter pudding, tomato butter, mock lobster, and minced meat. The volume also includes directions for the maintenance of a home (mend china, kill bed bugs, whitewash, cheap paint, clean silk). Medicinal remedies are present for conditions such as frosted feet, bruise relief, sunburn removal, hydrophobia, wound treatment, hoarseness, felons, colds, bronchitis, chilblains, catarrh, cholera, diphtheria, and boils. Also, directions to make tincture of benzoin ("virgin's milk") to pale complexion. Listings for washing women and other doers of odd jobs are found at the end of the book. A fancy meal diagram is featured on two page spread. Mentions of an American Agriculturist subscription, with several citations throughout.