i. PARRY, R.,
Auctioneer.
Particulars of the breeding stock, late the property of Mr. Robert Fowler, of the County of Oxford, sold 29-31 March, 1791. [?
Shipston-upon-Stower,
1791.]
8vo.
Royal Agricultural Society catalogue, page 239.
No copy of this catalogue was seen; the imprint given in the Library of Congress 1831 catalogue is London; the imprint Shipston-upon-Stower
is taken from the catalogue of the Royal Agricultural Society and is more likely to be correct as it seems doubtful that the
catalogue of a local livestock auction would be reprinted in London.
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ii. BORDLEY,
John Beale.
Sketches on Rotations of Crops, &c. by J. B. Bordley,
8vo.
Philadelphia,
1796.
Another edition of no. 707 by the same printer.
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iii. [BORDLEY,
John Beale.]
Outlines of a Plan, for Establishing a State Society of Agriculture in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia: Printed by
Charles Cist,
1794.
First Edition. 8vo. 8 leaves, the first a blank.
Sabin 57960.
Evans 26682 and 27512.
In 1793 Bordley had established in Philadelphia the first Agricultural Society in the United States.
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iv. KIRWAN,
Richard.
The Manures most advantageously applicable to the various Sorts of Soils, and the Causes of their beneficial Effect in each
particular instance . . . By Richard Kirwan, Esquire, F.R.S. and M.R.I.A. Author of the Elements of Mineralogy, &c. The
Fourth Edition.
London: Printed for
Vernor and Hood,
1796.
S405 .A27
First Edition. 8vo. 48 leaves, the last with publishers’ advertisements, sig. C missed in printing.
Kirwan’s book was introduced to Jefferson by William Strickland, of York, England, who may have sent a copy. Jefferson wrote
to Strickland on March 23, 1798: “
. . . I am much indebted to you for m(
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Kirwan’s charming treatise on manures. science never appears so beautiful as when applied to the uses of human life, nor any
use of it so engaging as those of agriculture & domestic economy. Doct
r. Home had formerly applied the doctrines of chemistry to the analysis of soils & manures, but the revolution in that science
had required the work to be done over again, and gives to m
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Kirwan the entire merit of a new work . . .”
Some years later, on August 28, 1806,a copy was sent to Jefferson by Thomas Ewell, with a letter concerning the dedication
of his own work: “. . . Lately I met with a very valuable treatise on manures by the celebrated Mr. Kirwan: Knowing your partiality for agricultural
pursuits, I have taken the liberty to inclose it & hope that you will be pleased to accept of it.”
For a note on Kirwan see no. 650. This work contains frequent references to the writings of Young, Hales and other agriculturalists.
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v. LOGAN,
George.
Fourteen Agricultural Experiments, to ascertain the best rotation of crops: addressed to the “Philadelphia Agricultural Society.”
By George Logan, M.D.
Philadelphia: Printed by
Francis and Robert Bailey.
M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]
S603 .L83
