NMLP P-045552 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

American Cookery

Amelia Simmons · Hudson & Goodwin, Hartford, Connecticut · 1796

US-only; the true first is the Hartford (Hudson & Goodwin) printing of 1796. A distinct, later 'Second Edition' — so labelled, 64 pages — appeared the same year, 1796, from Charles R. & George Webster of Albany, New York, and must not be taken for the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045552 for "American Cookery" by Amelia Simmons (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045552, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).