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Letters on agriculture from His Excellency George Washington, president of the United States, to Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S., and Sir John Sinclair, Bart., M.P. with statistical tables and remarks by Thomas Jefferson, Richard Peters and other gentlemen on the economy and management of farms in the United States

Title
  1. Letters on agriculture from His Excellency George Washington, president of the United States, to Arthur Young, Esq., F.R.S., and Sir John Sinclair, Bart., M.P. [electronic resource] : with statistical tables and remarks by Thomas Jefferson, Richard Peters and other gentlemen on the economy and management of farms in the United States / edited by Franklin Knight.
Published by
  1. Washington [D.C.] : The editor, 1847
Format
  1. Web resource
Supplementary content
  1. Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Author
  1. Washington, George, 1732-1799

Details

Additional authors
  1. Young, Arthur, 1741-1820
  2. Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835
  3. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  4. Peters, Richard, 1743-1828
  5. Knight, Franklin
Description
  1. 198 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill., map, port., facsims.; 28 x 25 cm.
Alternative title
  1. Farmers' souvenir
Subject
  1. Agriculture -- United States.
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. "Facsimiles of letters from His Excellency George Washington to Sir John Sinclair, Bart, M.P., on agricultural and other interesting topics, engraved from the original letters so as to be an exact fac simile of the handwriting": p. [136-165].
  2. Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
  3. Sabin no. 101722.
Reproduction (note)
  1. Electronic reproduction.
Local note
  1. Science.
Author
  1. Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Imprint
  1. Washington [D.C.] : The editor, 1847 (W.S. Martien)
Reproduction
  1. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Added author
  1. Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
  2. Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835.
  3. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
  4. Peters, Richard, 1743-1828.
  5. Knight, Franklin.
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