A family cookbook Odyssey/ by Dorothea Hill, 2002.

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A family cookbook Odyssey/ by Dorothea Hill, 2002.

Reminscences of the author's childhood in Maryland in the 1920s. Included is a transcript of the cookbook that belonged to Helen Thompson, sister-in-law of Elbrdige Gerry.

115 pages, typescript.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8227075

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Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814

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Elbridge Thomas Gerry (July 17, 1744 (OS July 6, 1744) – November 23, 1814) was an American politician and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from March 1813 until his death in November 1814. The political practice of gerrymandering is named after Gerry. Born into a wealthy merchant family, Gerry vocally opposed British colonial policy in the 1760s and was active in the early stages of organizing the re...

Thompson, Helen, fl. 1799.

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Helen Thompson, daughter of a New York merchant James Thompson and sister-in-law of Elbridge Gerry. From the description of A Copey of Mrs. Thompson's Family Receipt Book Belonging to Helen Thompson, not before 1794. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 79371161 ...

Hill, Dorothea.

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