David Humphreys A.L.S., Boston, May 27, 1817 : to Gov.r [Oliver] Wolcott, [Hartford]
1817
MSS L1990.1.183.3 M
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Title
David Humphreys A.L.S., Boston, May 27, 1817 : to Gov.r [Oliver] Wolcott, [Hartford]
Published
Boston 1817
Description
[2] p. ; 20 cm.
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MSS L1990.1.183.3 M
Summary
"I expect to be able to forward by stage tomorrow, a parcel of mangel-wurtzel seeds, just arrived from England. Keep what portion you please to plant for yourself & brother; and I request you will ... cause the remainder to be distributed, in small quantities, to such gentlemen of the legislature, as may choose to try ... cultivating this most valuable plant."|"I believe nothing can be more useful than its introduction into our state.|After his retirement from the foreign service, Humphreys was active in agricultural pursuits and was the first president of the Agricultural Society of Connecticut.|Humphreys was an original member of the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati.
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