Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry & Rural Affairs. To which is added, A Statistical Account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. Vol. I.

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Title Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry & Rural Affairs. To which is added, A Statistical Account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. Vol. I.
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Signed Author by John D. Steele, near Downing Town, Chester county, Pennsylvania [contents]; by Richard Peters [contents]; by Joseph Cooper, of New Jersey [contents]; by Paul Cooper of Woodbury, New Jersey [contents]; by James Mease, M. D. [contents]; by William Young, of Brandywine, Delaware [contents]; by A. Fothergill, M. D. F. R. S. &c. &c. [contents]; by Caleb Kirk, near York, Pennsylvania [contents]; by Algernon Roberts of Merion, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania [contents]; by John Taylor, of Port Royal, Caroline county, Virginia [contents]; by Timothy Matlack, of Lancaster [contents]; letter from W. Coxe of Burlington [contents]; by Moses Coates, near Downing town, Chester county, Pennsylvania [contents]; by Joseph Capner of Flemington, New Jersey [contents]; by Dr. John Keemle [contents]; by John Pearson, of Darby [contents]; with a letter from Dr. James Tilton of Bellevue, near Wilmington, Delaware [contents]; by William Ashford of Chester county, Pennsylvania [contents]; by William Bakewell, of Montgomery County [contents]; by Samuel Dickey [contents]; by Thomas Main [contents]; from Mr. Rembrandt Peale, Charles Caldwell, M. D. and Thomas F. Leaming Esq. [contents]; by William Bartram [contents]; A. Traquair del. [plate facing p. 291]; W. Kneass sc. [plate facing p. 291]; Lawson sc. ["Architectural Plan and Elevation of the Schuylkill P. Bridge"]
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Volumes 1
Pagination lxv, 331, 38, 84
Date of Publication 1808
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1808
Imprint Printed by Jane Aitken, No. 71, North Third Street.
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Notes AAS Notes: Plate facing p. 291 signed: A. Traquair del. W. Kneass sc. "Architectural plan and elevation of the Schuylkill P. Bridge" signed: Lawson sc.
"(Copy-right secured according to law.)"
"A statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge, communicated to the Philadelphia Society of Agriculture, 1806."--[2], 84 p., 4th count, with separate title page, with imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken, no. 62, North Third Street. 1807. Signed on p. 51: Richard Peters.
"Errata."--p. [19] at end.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Preface -- Laws of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture -- A list of the members of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture -- Outlines of a plan, for establishing a state society of agriculture in Pennsylvania -- Premiums proposed by the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture in the year 1791 -- Premiums proposed by the Agricultural Society of Philadelphia for the year 1806 -- Library -- Rush, on studying the diseases of animals -- Memoirs of the Agricultural Society of Philadelphia -- Appendix -- A statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge -- Index.
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American Antiquarian Society copy lacks p. 285-286. Inscribed: Willistown Library.
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Peters, Richard, Steele, John D., Cooper, Joseph, Cooper, Paul, Mease, James, Young, William, Fothergill, Anthony, Kirk, Caleb, Roberts, Algernon, Taylor, John, Matlack, Timothy, Coxe Jr., William, Coates, Moses, Capner, Joseph, Keemle, John, Pearson, John, Tilton, James, Ashford, William, Bakewell, William, Dickey, Samuel, Main, Thomas, Bartram, William, Peale, Rembrandt, Caldwell, Charles, Leaming, Thomas F.. Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry & Rural Affairs. To which is added, A Statistical Account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. Vol. I.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20947, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20947. Accessed 2024-11-21.

Peters, Richard, John D. Steele, Joseph Cooper, Paul Cooper, James Mease, William Young, Anthony Fothergill, Caleb Kirk, Algernon Roberts, John Taylor, Timothy Matlack, William Coxe Jr., Moses Coates, Joseph Capner, John Keemle, John Pearson, James Tilton, William Ashford, William Bakewell, Samuel Dickey, Thomas Main, William Bartram, Rembrandt Peale, Charles Caldwell, and Thomas F. Leaming. Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry & Rural Affairs. To which is added, A Statistical Account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. Vol. I. Philadelphia: 1808. 

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  year={1808},
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