Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813 to James Mease

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GLC#
GLC06514
Type
Letters
Date
1 September 1810
Author/Creator
Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813
Title
to James Mease
Place Written
Germantown, New York
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 24.7 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Comments on reading Mease's two volume, "Archive of useful knowledge" promoting manufactures, agriculture, and economy. States that they are, "the foundations upon which a lone we can safly build our independence, as well as public and private happiness." Corrects some errors Mease made in relation to Livingston's flock of sheep and rams. Discusses the flock and the fleece it produces at length. Written from Clermont, the Livingston estate in the Hudson Valley of New York State.

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