The Pentucket Housewife. A Manual for Housekeepers, and Collection of Recipes, Contributed by the Ladies of the First Baptist Church, Haverhill, Mass.
Haverhill, MA: Steam Press of Chase Bros., 22 Washington Square, 1882. Octavo (22 x 15 cm.), 136, [6], pages. Advertisements. Index. Title page printed in red and black. FIRST EDITION. A church cookbook likely issued in concert with the dedication of a new meeting house in 1882. With approximately five hundred recipes, many of them attributed. Representative entries: Bean Porridge, Oyster Stew, Shaker Codfish, Chicken Curry with Rice, Potted Pigeons.....