“ the British Dominions . . . He sends two Copies, of the Papers above-mentioned, lest by any mistake or misfortune, one of
the Copies should not find its way to New York . . .”
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Agriculture de Planazu.
vi. REY
de PLANAZU.
Oeuvres d’Agriculture.
The first edition was printed in Paris [and Troyes--
Ed.] in 1786; the second in 1801.
Rey de Planazu, fl. 1786, Swiss agriculturalist.
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vii.
Demarara Cotton.
This pamphlet has not been identified.
[665]
viii.
Ingenhousz. electricité sur les vegetaux.
This may have been the pamphlet referred to in a letter from Ingen Housz (so written) to Jefferson, dated from Vienna, Dec.
28, 1786: “I can make no doubt, but you will sometimes meet with a favourable oportunity of some traveller to forward this parcel, directed
to D(
~r). Franklin, containing three books, and six copies of a pamphlet, of which the author begs you the favour of accepting a
copy which accompanies the parcel and will be delivered to you by m(
~r) Barrois le jeun . . .”
Jefferson answered this letter on July 9, 1787: “
An absence of three or four months on a journey through the Southern parts of France & Northern of Italy, has prevented my
acknowleging earlier the receipt of your favor of Dec. 28. together with the pamphlet received through Barrois, for which
I beg the author to accept my sincere thanks . . .
”
A short article on
l’électricité sur les végétaux by Ingenhousz was published in the
Journal de Physique
, Tome XXXII. Part I, Mai, 1788, pages 321-337, with the title: “
Lettre de M. Ingen-Housz . . . a M. Molitor . . . au sujet de l’influence de l’électricité atmosphérique sur les végétaux.”
Jan Ingenhousz, 1730-1799, was born in Holland and died in London. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and of the American Philosophical
Society of Philadelphia. For his books on the above subject, published by “m(
~r) Barrois le jeun” see chapter 8. His
Mémoires
and other short articles were published in the
Transactions of the Philosophical Society
, the
Journal de Physique
and the
Actes de l’Académie des Sciences
at Rotterdam.
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Barton on the progress of population.
ix. BARTON,
William.
Observations on the probabilities of the Duration of Human Life, and the progress of Population, in the United States of America;
in a Letter from William Barton, Esq. to David Rittenhouse, L.L.D. President of the American Philosophical Society.
Philadelphia: Printed by
R. Aitken & Son,
1791.
4to. The above title is the caption title from the article in the
American Philosophical Society Transactions
, Vol. III, no. VII, pp. (25)-62; the title of the separately issued article (which Jefferson had) differs slightly; according
to Evans the separate edition had (2), 38 pages.
Not in Sabin.
Evans 23158.
Jefferson’s copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from Philadelphia on December 31, 1791: “The sheets which compose the pamphlet, herewith inclosed, will be comprized in the third Volume of the Philosophical Society’s
Transactions, now in the press.
"Being favored by the printer with a few copies of this part (with the addition of a Title-page), I beg, Sir, your acceptance
of one.
"If some additional Observations on the same subject, resulting from the Census--which have ”
