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Description
Handwritten, untitled recipe for salve made and sold by John Merrill. Perhaps used for the Balsamic Salve.
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About This Item
- Title: Salve recipe, ca. 1860
- Creator: John Young Merrill
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1860
- Location: Leeds, Androscoggin County, ME
- Media: Paper with ink
- Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 6.5 cm
- Collection: Merrill Family Collection
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Leeds Historical Society553 North Road, Leeds, ME 04263
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