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A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS; IN FORTY SEVEN NUMBERS. BY "AGRICOLA," A NORTH CAROLINA FARMER. by [Jeffreys, George W.]. - 1819
by [Jeffreys, George W.].
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS; IN FORTY SEVEN NUMBERS. BY "AGRICOLA," A NORTH CAROLINA FARMER.
by [Jeffreys, George W.].
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Raleigh: Gales, 1819. 223,[2]pp. Full contemporary 16mo calf, gold stamped leather label spine.( two old library labels on inside front cover) Shaw 48370. Thornton 6872. Not in Howes or Kress. One of the great North Carolina rarities. Much early work on agriculture, manures, deep ploughing, grasses, tillage, wheat, orchards, Indian corn, oxen, livestock, hogs, draining, etc.
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- Date Published 1819
- Keywords ECONOMICS; SOUTH; SCIENCE; SHAW & SHOEMAKER,NORTH CAROLINA
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A Series of Essays on Agriculture & Rural Affairs; in Forty-seven Numbers
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A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE & RURAL AFFAIRS; IN FORTY-SEVEN NUMBERS
by [Jeffreys, George Washington]
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Raleigh: Printed & Published by Joseph Gales, 1819.. 223pp., including in-text illustrations, plus index leaf. 12mo. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked in matching style, spine ruled in gilt, retaining original gilt label. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout. Slight worming to last few leaves, affecting minor amounts of text. Tear in outer margin of pp.151-152 caused in the printing process with some minor loss to text. Printing error on page 172 where bottom corner of paper folded on itself but no loss to text. Good. A very early southern agricultural publication and an unusual imprint, containing essays on land law, manuring, enclosure, grasses, tillage, a variety of crops, fruit trees, and livestock. The title states this work to be "By 'Agricola,' A North Carolina Farmer," the pseudonym of George Washington Jeffreys (ca. 1793-1848). Jeffreys was a North Carolina "clergyman, agriculturalist, and author....As corresponding secretary of the Agricultural Society of North Carolina, Jeffreys…
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