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Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture : Containing communications on various subjects in husbandry & rural affairs. : To which is added, at the request of the Society, "Agricultural inquiries on plaister of Paris." : Vol. II. : [Three lines of quotations].

Included WorkPeters, Richard, 1743-1828 Agricultural inquiries on plaister of Paris.
Included WorkSeymour, Joseph H., engraver.
Other author/creatorPhiladelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Philadelphia] : Published by Johnson & Warner, and sold at their book stores, in Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and Lexington, Kentucky. Printed by Jane Aitken, 1811.
Descriptionviii, 6 unnumbered pages, ix, 2 unnumbered pages, x-xvii, 1 unnumbered page, 259, vi, 260-362, xvi, 1 unnumbered page, 18-129 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 50 pages, 22 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 23677. ^A575643
Contents Preface -- Fac-simile of General Washington's hand writing; and sketches of his private character -- An act in incorporate the Philadelphia Society, for Promoting Agriculture -- Officers of the Society for 1811 -- The following was published, with the foregoing alteration of the 10th law of the Society -- Memoirs of the Agricultural Society of Philadelphia -- Agricultural inquiries on plaister of Paris -- Appendix -- Index.
General noteOne plate engraved by J.H. Seymour.
General noteCopyright Jan. 2, 1811 by Johnson & Warner.
General note"Agricultural inquiries on plaister of Paris. Also facts, observations and conjectures on that substance, when applied as manure. Collected, chiefly from the practice of farmers in Pennsylvania, and published as much with a view to invite, as to give information. With some additional notes; and more recent facts and information. By Richard Peters."--xvi, [1], 18-129, [1] p., with separate title page, with imprint: Philadelphia: Re-printed by Jane Aitken, no. 71, North Third Street, 1810.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 23677
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 23677).

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