Table of Contents for the Recipe Book

The following are the contents of John Kennedy Bristow’s recipe book at the Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon. The manuscript was transcribed back in 1993, and this information, along with individual recipes, are reviewed on other pages. The following information consists of line 1 of the first page for a recipe (usually it has a name, but sometimes the beginning of a sentence), followed by the presumed or known and documented author of this recipe, followed by the page number. The names in parentheses are assumed names. Letters out of parentheses are those which are found in Bristow pocket book. Based on an analysis of the handwriting and penmanship or writing style, most of these recipes are produced by John Kennedy Bristow. There is a stand alone unique writing style noted for at least one of Catnip’s recipes.

For Fistula 14
Hair Tonic 14
Pills for Liver Complaint 15
Cure for Ague 15
A Cure for Ague 16
Regulating Pills 16
Dr. W. Grindle & Bros… 17
Worm and Jaundice Bitters 17
Kosts Pulvis Anodyne (Kost) 18
Discuitant Wash Catnip 19
Cure for Clap Catnip 20
For Rheumatism & Paralysis Lowry Roland 20
Styptic Comp. Catnip 21
Cathartic Pills Catnip 21
Compt. tinc. Lobelia 3rd Preparation Catnip 22
Cure in Cancer 23
For Putrid Soar Throat 24
Hutchins Liniment (Hutchins) 25
Liniment for Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Erysipelas Hutchins 26
Coff Balsam H.(Hutchins) 27
White Salve 28
Diptheria Wash 29
Liniment for Soar throat 30
Salve for Scrofula Beach 31
Scurvy 32
Indian Cure for all Sorts Diseases 33
“Pustulances” 35
For Birns or (Scalds) 36
Properatory for females …by Wm. Dain (Wm. Dain) 37
Cholera Syrup Curtice 40
Salve for any old soar Trowbridge 41
Dr. Churchills Cure for Consumption (Churchill) 42
Cure for Tetter Gunn 44
Cure for Scrofula Longwort 45
Cure for Scrofula Gun 45
Medicines I (cont’d):
Ink for Steel Pens Oregon Farmer 46
For Liver Compt 47
Rx Marshmallow & … 48
Assimilant 49
For a Cough 50
For White Swelling Dr. Trowbridge 51
Liniment for Poleevil Swing and Phistelo Peterson 52
blank pages (6) 53
For Consumption Chase 59
Consumption Chase 62
Cure for Night Sweats Chase 63
Toothache and Neuralgia Cure Chase 64
To Take Tartar off the Teeth Chase 65
Tanning:
To Dress Deer Skins 66
Medicines II:
Pudkins Ointment for Caneers Fever Soars &c. Chase 69
…for Piles.. Chase 69
A Cure for warts corns and chill blains Chase 70
Samaritan Liniment Chase 71
Vermifuge Chase 71
Household recipes:
To Preserve eggs for winter Chase 72
Renovating Mixture 73
For Keeping Beef Chase 73
To Pickle Hams Chase 74
Tomato Catchup Chase 75
Wood and Metal Work:
Waterproof Cement Chase 76
Cement for Furniture & Marblewood Chase 77
Cement for… Chase 77
Russian Cement Chase 78
For Whitewash Chase 78
Boxmetle to make… 79
Solder for Copper 79
Solder for Lead 79
To mend a broken saw Chase 80
Medicines III:
Eye Water Chase 81
For Chronic Soar eys 81
For Poleevil fistelo and cure warts and corns Chase 82
For Inflammatory Rheumatism Chase 83
Assorted:
Honey Chase 84
Honey Chase 84
Butcher Knives Spring Temper.. Chase 85
Mill Picks to temper Chase 87
Another Chase 87
The Case Harden an axe tree Chase 88
Black Oxide… Dr. Trowbridge 88
blank pages (2) 89
Prose and Prayers:
Musings Dec 24th 1849 (signed) 91
Exalted (prayer) A.A. Hatch 94
blank 95
Honour thy Father (prayer) 96
blank 97
March 8th 1847 (prose) “There is scarcely a man…” 98
Prose/Saying “How frail is the mind…” (prose) 99
“Murmer gentle lyre” (prose) 100
March 14th, 1847 “The Ills of Life we Cannot.” (prose) 102
June 1887 “Virtue a good thing” (prose) 103
“May you my friend…” (prose) 104
“My pleasure…” (prose) 105
Endpages:
(Scribble) “Q./S.(?) Aurette Cr by work…” 106
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NOTES

For Fistula 14

Hair Tonic 14

Pills for Liver Complaint 15

Cure for Ague 15

A Cure for Ague 16

Regulating Pills 16

Dr. W. Grindle & Bros… 17

Worm and Jaundice Bitters 17

Kosts Pulvis Anodyne (Kost) 18

Discuitant Wash Catnip 19

Cure for Clap Catnip 20

For Rheumatism & Paralysis Lowry Roland 20

Styptic Comp. Catnip 21

Cathartic Pills Catnip 21

Compt. tinc. Lobelia 3rd Preparation Catnip 22

Cure in Cancer 23

For Putrid Soar Throat 24

Hutchins Liniment (Hutchins) 25

Liniment for Wounds, Cuts, Burns, Erysipelas Hutchins 26

Coff Balsam H.(Hutchins) 27

White Salve 28

Diptheria Wash 29

Liniment for Soar throat 30

Salve for Scrofula Beach 31

Scurvy 32

Indian Cure for all Sorts Diseases 33

“Pustulances” 35

For Birns or (Scalds) 36

Properatory for females …by Wm. Dain (Wm. Dain) 37

Cholera Syrup Curtice 40

Salve for any old soar Trowbridge 41

Dr. Churchills Cure for Consumption (Churchill) 42

Cure for Tetter Gunn 44

Cure for Scrofula Longwort 45

Cure for Scrofula Gun 45

Medicines I (cont’d):

Ink for Steel Pens Oregon Farmer 46

For Liver Compt 47

Rx Marshmallow & … 48

Assimilant 49

For a Cough 50

For White Swelling Dr. Trowbridge 51

Liniment for Poleevil Swing and Phistelo Peterson 52

blank pages (6) 53

For Consumption Chase 59

Consumption Chase 62

Cure for Night Sweats Chase 63

Toothache and Neuralgia Cure Chase 64

To Take Tartar off the Teeth Chase 65

Tanning:

To Dress Deer Skins 66

Medicines II:

Pudkins Ointment for Caneers Fever Soars &c. Chase 69

…for Piles.. Chase 69

A Cure for warts corns and chill blains Chase 70

Samaritan Liniment Chase 71

Vermifuge Chase 71

Household recipes:

To Preserve eggs for winter Chase 72

Renovating Mixture 73

For Keeping Beef Chase 73

To Pickle Hams Chase 74

Tomato Catchup Chase 75

Wood and Metal Work:

Waterproof Cement Chase 76

Cement for Furniture & Marblewood Chase 77

Cement for… Chase 77

Russian Cement Chase 78

For Whitewash Chase 78

Boxmetle to make… 79

Solder for Copper 79

Solder for Lead 79

To mend a broken saw Chase 80

Medicines III:

Eye Water Chase 81

For Chronic Soar eys 81

For Poleevil fistelo and cure warts and corns Chase 82

For Inflammatory Rheumatism Chase 83

Assorted:

Honey Chase 84

Butcher Knives Spring Temper.. Chase 85

Mill Picks to temper Chase 87

Another Chase 87

The Case Harden an axe tree Chase 88

Black Oxide… Dr. Trowbridge 88

blank pages (2) 89

Prose and Prayers:

Musings Dec 24th 1849 (signed) 91

Exalted (prayer) A.A. Hatch 94

blank 95

Honour thy Father (prayer) 96

blank 97

March 8th 1847 (prose) “There is scarcely a man…” 98

Prose/Saying “How frail is the mind…” (prose) 99

“Murmer gentle lyre” (prose) 100

March 14th, 1847 “The Ills of Life we Cannot.” (prose) 102

June 1887 “Virtue a good thing” (prose) 103

“May you my friend…” (prose) 104

“My pleasure…” (prose) 105

Endpages:

(Scribble) “Q./S.(?) Aurette Cr by work…” 106

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Brian Altonen, MPH, MS