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Item Type:
Collection
Unit ID:
GB-110/LM/LP/TRV/1/1/6
Date of document:
18th century
Description:
Three documents about subsitutes for corn to be used in the North in times of famine:
- the copy of a royal letter (from Charles XI), dated 17 June 1696, to the governors of the counties in Northern Sweden, about the journey of a student of medicine (Johan Ulrich Wertmüller), who has been sent out to instruct the poor people how to use certain roots, instead of corn, during the famine.
- A paper, beginning 'Upstats på nåpra örter, som norr uth�', listing species of herbs that grow in the North and in case of need, may be used either as cabbage or as bread.
- A paper beginning 'På föliande salt giora�' [In the following way the farmers make bread during famine, in the province of Osterbotten, Finland.] Description of bread made of bark, moss and bran.
Title:
Three extracts about corn substitutes
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