Intending to retire from the bustle of a town life, to a small seat a few miles in the country, consisting of a comfortable house, offices, garden, and 56 acres of arable land with a clay loam rather impoverished, but knowing nothing of husbandry from experience ... I consult practical farmers.
| Author/creator | Bordley, J. B. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Philadelphia] : [Printed by Charles Cist], [1797] |
| Description | 8 pages, 1 folded leaf |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 48064. ^A478749 |
| General note | A proposed design for land use; signed on p. 8: B. July, 1797. Attributed to John Beale Bordley by Bristol. |
| General note | Title taken from opening lines of text; preceded by two lines of quotation: Commerce feeds the passions, agriculture calms them. |
| General note | Ascribed to the press of Charles Cist by Bristol. |
| General note | Table of "the order of cultivation, and of crops" printed on folded leaf and numbered 9 and 10. |
| References | Bristol B9869 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 48064 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 48064). |
| Other title | Intending to retire from the bustle of a town life ... |
| Other title | Commerce feeds the passions, agriculture calms them. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |