[Rarebooks] FS: Bad Vinegar-

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

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“Report of Horace L. Bowker, Inspector of Vinegar for the City of 
Boston, for the Year Ending May 1, 1881”

Printed by J.A. Cummings.  The Massachusetts Legislature passed a law in 
1880 requiring cities to appoint vinegar inspectors, and this is the 
first report from Boston’s inspector on how he ran his office and 
laboratory, what he found in the marketplace, what he did about it, and 
the importance of vinegar, especially in the immigrant community. As any 
student of unregulated 19th century foodstuffs will be unsurprised to 
learn, much of the vinegar sold in Boston prior to enforcement of the 
law was impure, unsafe, and often not even vinegar.  Dr. Bowker 
[1832-1894] was a physician and pharmacist in addition to serving as 
State Assayer and Inspector of Vinegar. An obituary described  him as 
“intelligent, earnest, and unselfish in his efforts for the general 
good”. Softcover. 6”x9”, 16 pages. Minor soil, light wear.  [43273]  $85

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