Bathings, Thomas. Pattern and medical receipt book of Thomas Bathings

Folger bibliographic ID: 235743
Folger call number: V.a.540
Folger holdings ID: 289463
Accession Number: 264885

Contains medical and veterinary receipts, many for colic (leaves 2r, 4v-26v), diagrams for weaving with notes, some in shorthand (leaves 58-90), and instructions for making black, red and orange dyes (leaf 72v). Patterns include "star dimont," "a satin net," "duch huckerback" and "a small barley corn." Receipt on leaf 12 attributed to Mary Rose and receipt on leaf 13 attributed to Dr. Orme. Also includes Bathings family birth dates, 1676-1744 (2v-4r), an anti-marriage poem/song (53-54r) and a printed almanac, Riders (1678) British Merlin, Wing A2253 (leaves 27-52, with leaves 36, 41, 44 being interleaved blanks with manuscript notes)

General notes

67 leaves of manuscript material interleaved with a printed almanac Ownership marks of Thomas Bathings on leaf 1; Bathings spelled as Ballings on leaf 3r First line of poem: I am a Gode lebaretine (I am a good libertine) Leaves 55-57 blank Bound in wallet-edged vellum binding with single metal clasp

Item information about Folger V.a.540

Adopted by Laura Cofield in honor of Mom, Marian, and Phyllis, Acquisitions Night 2009

Extended title: Pattern and medical receipt book of Thomas Bathings 1708-1710

Bathings family Weaving Marriage

author: Bathings, Thomas, 1691-
subject: Bathings family