Receipts for Horses, 1769

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Receipts for Horses, Manuscript MS 94.9, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Receipts for Horses, Manuscript MS 94.9, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

A bound volume containing handwritten recipes and instructions for medical treatments for horses. It includes remedies for both illnesses and injuries and lists the ingredients needed to prepare purging drinks, ointments for sores and strained muscles, and cures for worms. The manuscript also contains instructions for treating a few human ailments, such as colds and rheumatism.

Physical description:
1 v.