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The American frugal housewife : dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy

Title: The American frugal housewife : dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / by Mrs. Child.
Author: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880.
Publication: Boston : Carter, Hendee, 1835.

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Description

130 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 19 cm.

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Note

Originally published 1829 under title: The frugal housewife. "It has become necessary to change the title ... because there is an English work of the same name"--T.p. verso. Cf. Lowenstein, 119; for 8th ed., the first under this title, cf. Lowenstein 154.
"Hints to persons of moderate fortune (first published in the Massachusetts journal)": p. [89]-113.
Includes index.

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*KU 00-278

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Author

Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880.

Title

The American frugal housewife : dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy / by Mrs. Child.

Imprint

Boston : Carter, Hendee, 1835.

Edition

16th ed. / enl. and corr. by the author.

Indexed In:

Checklist Amer. imprints, 30896

Lowenstein, E. Amer. cookery (2nd ed.), 182

Local Note

Imperfect: Frontispiece wanting.

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Research Call Number

*KU 00-278