Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03854 Author/Creator: Wadsworth, Jeremiah (1743-1804) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 23 April 1788 Pagination: 1 p. ; 32.1 x 20.1 cm. Order a Copy
Reports that Mr. Skinner is driving cattle and oxen to New York for Knox. Writes, "Yesterday your Cow & Calf began their March by Land for New York in Company with Seven of the Finest fat oxen in the World two of which are far beyond any I ever saw tho not of the great Breed they are large but their flesh is so thick on them that they can hardly walk..."
Wadsworth was a Commissary during the Revolutionary War, a Continental Congressman, and a friend of Henry Knox. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, introducing several breeds of cattle to the United States.
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