Flower, George, 1780-1862.

Founder of Albion, Ill., an English settlement, came from England in 1816, landed in New York and traveled through that state to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia. A trip to choose a suitable place for settling his friends and family. Traveled to the major cities in those states learning as much as he could through observation and talking to many people, some of whom he had known in England. In Virginia he met Thomas Jefferson and his family and stayed at Monticello. He met briefly with James Madison on the last day of his presidency. Flower had studied agriculture in France with Morris Birkbeck, who helped him found Albion and was very interested in agriculture and sheep breeding.

From the description of Letters, 1816-1817. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 51747510

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