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WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ("Go:Washington") to [John Beale] "Beah" Bordley, Philadelphia, 4 August 1799.
One page, 250 x 188mm (weak vertical crease reinforced on verso, minor tear at top left margin clear of text).
Washington, now retired to his Mount Vernon plantation, thanks Bordley for his "'Essays and Notes on Husbandry, and Rural Affairs'", and anticipating he would "find both pleasure and edification in the perusal of them." Bordley (1727 - 1804) was a prominent Maryland judge and planter who, with Washington, was a founding member the of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, established in February 1785. Bordley also shared Washington's penchant for agricultural experimentation. In his 1799 book for which Washington sent his thanks, Bordley outlined an eight-stage crop rotation system that included the use of clover and legumes for soil rejuvenation. Not published in Fitzpatrick, Writings or The Papers of George Washington. Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 25-26 November 1952, lot 375.
One page, 250 x 188mm (weak vertical crease reinforced on verso, minor tear at top left margin clear of text).
Washington, now retired to his Mount Vernon plantation, thanks Bordley for his "'Essays and Notes on Husbandry, and Rural Affairs'", and anticipating he would "find both pleasure and edification in the perusal of them." Bordley (1727 - 1804) was a prominent Maryland judge and planter who, with Washington, was a founding member the of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, established in February 1785. Bordley also shared Washington's penchant for agricultural experimentation. In his 1799 book for which Washington sent his thanks, Bordley outlined an eight-stage crop rotation system that included the use of clover and legumes for soil rejuvenation. Not published in Fitzpatrick, Writings or The Papers of George Washington. Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 25-26 November 1952, lot 375.
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