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W.M. Kerr fonds
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Fonds
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MBMS-41
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1836, 1872 (Creation)
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- Kerr, W.M. , fl. 1825-1840
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2.5 cm of textual records
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Name of creator
(fl. 1825-1840)
Biographical history
W.M. Kerr was an apothecary who apparently operated for a time in Lunenburg County.
Custodial history
The document was found in the Mahone Bay Museum’s backlog in 2017 and was processed in 2018.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of a bound volume comprising 91 pages of Kerr’s apothecary recipes (“receipts”) and 17 pages of food recipes written later by an unidentified person.