Letters, 1803-1846.

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Letters, 1803-1846.

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James Mease's letters to William Bell on Pennsylvania barns and farm yards (1803); to George Clymer (1807); to Samuel Hogdon (1807); and to Samuel L. Mitchill (1820). Six items dated 1826-1830 refer to various matters that came before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Two items dated 1846 are resolutions on the death of Mease.

12 items (12 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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