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Family and Daily Life Home Page | Letters, Diaries, Newspapers, etc. | ca. 1830 (?) Recipes for Steamed Pudding and  "Chacklete" Cake

Background:  This recipe is with the Sherwood family papers at the Delaware County Historical Association in Delhi.

Samuel and Laura Sherwood moved with part of their family from Delhi to New York City in 1830.  (see also the Biography of Samuel Sherwood) . Samuel was a lawyer. They continued to summer in Delhi.


ca. 1830 recipes

Courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association Archives, 46549 State Hwy 10, Delhi, NY, 13753.

Further information on the Sherwood Family is available in the Letters and Journals of Samuel and Laura Sherwood (1813 - 1823), edited by John Crocker, Delhi, NY, 1967,  available in the Delaware County Historical Association Archives.

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