Written into the book is: "Harriet Dawbarne January 1st, 1834. Liverpool 18 Byrom Street." Added later in another hand is "My father and mother married at St. Phillips church Hardman C?3 Street Liverpool in 1839 or 1840." Recipes include: arrowroot buns, cup puddings, sweet pastry, furniture paste, etc. Some in purple ink. Pasted in newspaper clippings, and some recent notebook paper with prices of furnature and other furnishings/ appliances.