The Beekmans of New York: In Politics and Commerce, 1647-1877 | 
I took the time this morning to do some research at the NY Historical Society. I photographed this old cookbook of my ancestors'! 🤓
LauraBrook Wow, that's amazing! 7y
merelybookish Beautiful! Archives are so fun! 7y
RohitSawant That's fantastic! 7y
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LeahBergen Are the Beekmans your ancestors or was this copy owned by your ancestors? This is BEAUTIFUL. 💗 7y
LeahBergen Oh, never mind! I see it now. It's their book of receipts! 😍😍😍😍 7y
Suet624 Awesome!!! 7y
Hobbinol @LauraBrook Thanks! The book & I definitely had a special moment! 7y
Hobbinol @merelybookish I know! Such riches! I could have spent my whole week in there! 7y
Hobbinol @rohit-sawant Thanks! I wished I could have spent more time there. 7y
Hobbinol @LeahBergen I have some old Beekman portraits in my dining room and I'm dying to have a dinner party inspired be the receipts in this book🤓Also my local genealogical society wanted heirloom recipes for a cookbook, so this worked out perfectly 😊 7y
Hobbinol @suet624 Thanks! It really meant something to me just to look at it. 7y
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