Author: Richard ParkinsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527975941
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Excerpt from Tour in America, in 1798, 1799, and 1800, Vol. 1: Exhibiting Sketches of Society and Manners, and a Particular Account of the American System of Agriculture, With Its Recent Improvements Washington (himself a great enthusiast for farming), and to the rich soils of America. With all these encouragements, 'therefore, having got the books printed, and upwards of five hundred'subscribers to the Work (of the most respectable gentlemen in England), as a recommendation to the gentlemen in America, I speculated to make a rapid for tune. As general'washington had sent over. A plan'of Mountverno'n, divided into distinct farms, I pitched on one of twelve hundred acres of land; the rent twenty two shillings per acre, or so much inpro duce delivered, to him at a market-price; to have a power of viewing the farm before accepting it. This, With the vicw OE print ing my experienced farmerj m Aime rica, and of taking over race-horses, cattle, and hogs, inrthe 'ship, altogether. Seemeda most favourable prospect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.