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The Young Housekeeper's Friend was originally published before the Civil War, and was extensively revised by the 1870s, most notably to accomodate the increased popularity of stoves. It has a very interesting section regretting the loss of the kitchen hearth. The later editions are much easier to find, and there was a (not very common) facsimile reprint of one of them. Early editions are not easy to find and on my one cursory examination, the differences are significant.

None of the other cookbook writers active before the War revised their works afterwards, although many were reprinted.