A discourse on agriculture. Its antiquity; and importance, to every member of the community: the obligations all are under to encourage it;-- and the necessity of diffusing a knowledge of its principles, and systematical practice, as the first step towards its advancement. Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture; at their request, on their annual meeting, the 9th of January, 1816. By Richard Peters, their president. Published by order of the Society.

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Title A discourse on agriculture. Its antiquity; and importance, to every member of the community: the obligations all are under to encourage it;-- and the necessity of diffusing a knowledge of its principles, and systematical practice, as the first step towards its advancement. Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture; at their request, on their annual meeting, the 9th of January, 1816. By Richard Peters, their president. Published by order of the Society.
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Notes AAS Notes: Title vignette (seal of the Society).
Ascribed by Nipps to the press of Lydia R. Bailey.
Errata slip pasted to p. 37.
"Officers of the Agricultural Society, for the year 1816."-- p. [4].
"The eleventh article of the laws of the Society."--p. [39]-40.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Rink, E. Technical Americana,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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Peters, Richard. A discourse on agriculture. Its antiquity; and importance, to every member of the community: the obligations all are under to encourage it;-- and the necessity of diffusing a knowledge of its principles, and systematical practice, as the first step towards its advancement. Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture; at their request, on their annual meeting, the 9th of January, 1816. By Richard Peters, their president. Published by order of the Society.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21523, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21523. Accessed 2024-12-22. 

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