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.

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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, at the request of the Society, "Agricultural Inquiries on Plaister of Paris." Vol. II.
Contributors
Signed Author by John Lang [contents]; by Wm. Phillips [contents]; by Abednigo Robinson [contents]; by J. P. De Gruchy [contents]; Colonel Pickering [contents]; by John Steele [contents]; by R. Peters [contents]; by Paul Cooper [contents]; by Joseph Lyman [contents]; by John Taylor [contents]; by Samuel Preston [contents]; by Thomas Newbold [contents]; by S. H. Smith [contents]; by Algernon Roberts [contents]; by Paul Busti [contents]; by Dr. Barton [contents]; by John Armstrong [contents]; by James Mease, M. D. [contents]; by Timothy Pickering [contents]; by a New Englandman [contents]; by Edward Garrigues [contents]; by William Young [contents]; by John Lorain [contents]; by Z. Hollingsworth [contents]; by William Rawle [contents]; by James Cutbush, chemist and apothecary [contents]; Monsieur Thouin's Letter [contents]; C. Drayton, Jun. [contents]; by William Young, A. Perlee and W. Baldwin [contents]; by W. Wallis Mason, of Goodrest lodge, near Warwick [contents]; J. H. Seymour [plate facing p. 140]
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Volumes 1
Pagination xvii, 259, vi, 260-362, xvi,18-129, 50
Date of Publication 1811
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Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1811
Imprint Published by Johnson & Warner, and sold at their book stores, in Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia, and Lexington Kentucky. Printed by Jane Aitken.
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Copyright Statement District of Pennsylvania, to wit: Be It Remembered, That on the second day of January in the thirty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1811. Johnson & Warner of the said District, have deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the Right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture. Containing Communications on various Subjects in Husbandry and Rural Affairs. To which is added at the request of the Society, Agricultural Inquiries on Plaister of Paris, Vol. II. "Let us cultivate the ground, that the poor, as well as the rich, may be filled; and happiness and peace be established throughout our borders." "Tentanda via est, qua nos quoque possimus tollere Humo: In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, intituled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned." And also to the Act, entitled "An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." D. Caldwell, Clerk of District of Pennsylvania.
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Notes AAS Notes: One plate engraved by J.H. Seymour.
Copyright Jan. 2, 1811 by Johnson & Warner.
"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.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
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American Antiquarian Society copy has ink stamp: J. Robertson. Inscribed: H.M. Ridgely from Mr. J. Robertson; Levin Charles April 1, 1820; B. Cone 1887.
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Peters, Richard, Lang, John, Phillips, William, Robinson, Abednigo, de Gruchy, J. P., Steele, John D., Cooper, Paul, Lyman, Joseph, Taylor, John, Preston, Samuel, Newbold, Thomas, Smith, Samuel Harrison, Roberts, Algernon, Busti, Paul, Barton, Dr., Armstrong, John, Mease, James, Pickering, Timothy, Garrigues, Edward, Young, William, Lorain, John, Hollingsworth, Z., Rawle, William, Cutbush, James, Thouin, André, Drayton, C., Perlee, A., Baldwin, W., Mason, W. Wallis. 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.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20948, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20948. Accessed 2024-11-21.

Peters, Richard, John Lang, William Phillips, Abednigo Robinson, J. P. de Gruchy, John D. Steele, Paul Cooper, Joseph Lyman, John Taylor, Samuel Preston, Thomas Newbold, Samuel H. Smith, Algernon Roberts, Paul Busti, Dr. Barton, John Armstrong, James Mease, Timothy Pickering, Edward Garrigues, William Young, John Lorain, Z. Hollingsworth, William Rawle, James Cutbush, André Thouin, C. Drayton, A. Perlee, W. Baldwin, and W. W. Mason. 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. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1811. 

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