GY7/4

Menu-book kept by Hester Gery, heiress, who m. Rev. Hugh Wade in 1792.

1794 - 1826

From: 1794 To: 1826

Octavo notebook, no cover; 9 folios written on; menus for dinners and suppers, including christening dinners for sons William (1794), Charles (1796), and Hugh (1797); notes of guests, and arrangement of dinner on table; sample menu: cod's head, soup. fricasseed rabbit, venison, celery, apple pie, ham, patties, oysters, Hunter's pudding, Jerusalem artichokes stewed in cream, sauces, epergne; a few dinners out: Bishop of Lincoln, Mr. Linton, Sir Jas. Duberly, Mr. Beauford.

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Gery, Hester,
Wade, Hugh

food & drink, dinners