Correspondence, 1780-1825.

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Correspondence, 1780-1825.

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This small collection of manuscript material contains correspondence to Hull for the Revolutionary period while he was commander at West Point, material on personal, political, legal and financial affairs in the period 1784 to 1794, and personal items from the period 1806 to 1822. Also included are twelve items dealing with Hull's experiments at new farming techniques. Many are addressed to the Massachusetts Agricultural Society and make references to a premium being offered for the largest crop raised on one acre of land.

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Gadsden Public Library

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Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture

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Hull, William, 1753-1825

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William Hull (1753-1825) was a lawyer and a soldier. He served in the Revolutionary War and afterwards in the U.S. Army where he attained the rank of Brigadier-General. In 1805 he was appointed Governor of the Michigan Territory. In 1812 he was court-martialed and cashiered from the Army because of the failure of his campaign into Canada against the British. Hull succeeded William Wetmore as a trustee of the New England Mississippi Land Company, one of the "Yazoo" companies. The Yazoo companies ...