1. Historical Magazine, June 1861 p. 190

2.  Webster, Noah.  An American Dictionary of the English Language, 1846

3. The Food Timeline: history notes -- salad  According to Peter G. Rose, New Netherlands foodways historian: Peter Kalm mentions coleslaw in his Travels in North America; The English Version of 1770 (p. 347)

4. Hutchingson, E.  Ladies Indispensable Companion and Housekeeper’s Guide, 1854

5. Haskell, Mrs. E. F.  The Housekeeper’s Encyclopedia of Useful Information, 1861

6. Amelia Simmons, 1796; Mrs. N.K.M. Lee, 1832; Mrs. Lydia Child, 1833; Mrs. Lettice Bryan, 1839; Mrs. Bliss of Boston, 1850; Miss Beecher, 1851; Eliza Leslie, 1851; Mrs. Chadwick, 1853; Mrs. Hutchingson, 1854; Mrs. Randolph, 1860; Mrs. Haskell, 1861; Mrs. Goodfellow, 1865, Elizabeth Nicholson, 1865
 
7. Mrs. Bliss of Boston.  The Practical Cook Book. Philadelphia, 1850.
 
8. Historical Magazine, May 1861 p. 146.

9. Historical Magazine, June 1861 p. 190

10.  ibid

11. The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland... by John Macculloch, Walter Scott, 1824, p. 335.

12. The Southern Literary Messenger, March 1842 p. 202-203

13 An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language by William Bolles, 1845

14 Darlington, William.  Flora Cestrica: An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester County, Pennsylvania... 1853

15  Glossology: Being a Treatise on the Nature of Language and on the Language of Nature. by Charles Kraitsir, M.D. 2nd edition, 1854

16.  The American Home Garden, by Alexander Watson.  1859.

17.  Mrs. Bradley's Housekeeper's Guide;... Economical Cook, 1860.  Google books search for cole-slaw, no preview.

18.  Evans's Rural Economist, 1861-62 [1861]

19.  Historical Magazine

20.  Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year 1862.  Original in my possession.

21.  The New Bedford Practical Receipt Book, Mendall. 1862  Page 78
Cole-slaw can also be prepared by dressing the cabbage as a salad. SALAD
DRESSING. One part mustard, four olive oil, two vinegar, one salt; ...

22. Godey's Magazine, December 1863.  Quoted in Raggedsoldier.com/Christmas

23.  History of the North-western Soldiers' Fair, Held in Chicago, 1864


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