The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart: With Reminiscences of the Most Distinguished Characters who Have Appeared in Great Britain, and in Foreign Countries, During the Last Fifty Years. Illustrated by Facsimiles of Two Hundred Autographs ...H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831 - Agriculturists |
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... short account of the origin of the following correspondence . About the year 1790 , I began to be engaged in those ex- tensive statistical inquiries , regarding the general state of Scotland , and the means of promoting its improvement ...
... short account of the origin of the following correspondence . About the year 1790 , I began to be engaged in those ex- tensive statistical inquiries , regarding the general state of Scotland , and the means of promoting its improvement ...
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... short narrative will explain to the reader , the circum- stances which led General Washington to transmit to me , the following account of the several states of America . Owing to the difficulty , however , of removing a numerous family ...
... short narrative will explain to the reader , the circum- stances which led General Washington to transmit to me , the following account of the several states of America . Owing to the difficulty , however , of removing a numerous family ...
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... short occasional visits ) , for more than seven years ; and having entered into my sixty - fifth year , a period which requires tranquillity and ease , I have come to a de- termination to lease the farms of my Mount Vernon estate ...
... short occasional visits ) , for more than seven years ; and having entered into my sixty - fifth year , a period which requires tranquillity and ease , I have come to a de- termination to lease the farms of my Mount Vernon estate ...
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... short of what you might have expected , from the time which has been taken to render it ? Your wishes on this head I communicated to Richard Peters , Esq . who is one of the most intelligent , and best practical , as well as theo ...
... short of what you might have expected , from the time which has been taken to render it ? Your wishes on this head I communicated to Richard Peters , Esq . who is one of the most intelligent , and best practical , as well as theo ...
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... short a letter , but for the purpose of accompanying it with two or three pamphlets on the subject of agri- culture , one of which treats more extensively on gypsum , as a manure , than any I have seen before . The other two will only ...
... short a letter , but for the purpose of accompanying it with two or three pamphlets on the subject of agri- culture , one of which treats more extensively on gypsum , as a manure , than any I have seen before . The other two will only ...
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