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Manuscript/Mixed Material Manner of making the Parmesan cheese. Docket title: Parmesan cheese

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Title

  • Manner of making the Parmesan cheese.

Other Title

  • Docket title: Parmesan cheese

Summary

  • Undated manuscript, signed by Benjamin Franklin, sent to Catharine Ray Greene, wife of Rhode Island governor William Greene. Includes a recipe and the process for making Parmesan Cheese. Signed on back below docket title "Sent by Doctr. Franklin to Gov. Greene of Rhode Island." The document also has signatures of Ray Greene and Celia Greene, Catharine's children.

Names

  • Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, correspondent.
  • Greene, Catharine Ray, 1731-1794, recipient, addressee.
  • Greene, William, 1731-1809, recipient, addressee.
  • Greene, Celia, 1762-1796.
  • Greene, Ray, 1765-1849.
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [London] ; [1772, January 13?]

Headings

  • -  Parmesan cheese--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800
  • -  Cheesemaking--Manuscripts--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Title from item.
  • -  To accompany a letter sent by Benjamin Franklin to Catharine Greene from London, January 13, 1772. Cf. Benjamin Franklin and Catharine Ray Greene, their correspondence, 1755-1790, 1949, p. 43.
  • -  Accompanied by file of background material about the collection.
  • -  Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.
  • -  NUCMC/kislak
  • -  NUCMC/vm01
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1999.090.00.0006 (P)

Medium

  • 1 folded sheet (3 pages) ; 33 x 21 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Kislak MS 239

Repository

  • Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Jay I. Kislak Collection (Acc. 1999.090.00.0006)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018664676

Access Advisory

  • Collection open for research.

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Franklin, Benjamin, Correspondent, Catharine Ray Greene, William Greene, Celia Greene, Ray Greene, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Manner of making the Parmesan cheese. [London ; , January 13?, 1772] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018664676/.

APA citation style:

Franklin, B., Greene, C. R., Greene, W., Greene, C., Greene, R. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1772) Manner of making the Parmesan cheese. [London ; , January 13?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018664676/.

MLA citation style:

Franklin, Benjamin, Correspondent, et al. Manner of making the Parmesan cheese. [London ; , January 13?, 1772] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018664676/>.