James L. Hunter Diary and The Gardening Book of James L. Hunter, A Southern Planter, 1845-46, 1996.

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James L. Hunter Diary and The Gardening Book of James L. Hunter, A Southern Planter, 1845-46, 1996.

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The collection contains the original gardening book of James L. Hunter with diary entries from September 1845 to March 1846. The diary details the plan for Hunter's vegetable garden, the types of vegetables planted, and best practices for successful crops. The dated entries provide a clear timeline of Hunter's gardening activities. Incidentally, the diary contains rote French exercises and math calculations on its final pages. The collection also includes Catherine Howett's 1996 publication, The Gardening Book of James L. Hunter, a Southern Planter, which provides images of the original diary's pages and commentary on Hunter and the significance of his diary as a unique document of the horticultural history of the antebellum south.

.21 linear ft.; (2 items).

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7276359

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Hunter, James L. (James Lingard), 1817-1846

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James Lingard Hunter (1817-1846) was born in Charleston, South Carolina on April 14, 1817. In the early 1830s, he moved to Irwinton (later renamed Eufaula), Alabama with his family. By 1833, his father, General John Lingard Hunter (1795-1865), had become the largest slaveholder in Barbour County, Alabama. James L. Hunter married Sarah Elizabeth Shorter, who had moved to Irwinton with her family in 1837. Prior to moving to Alabama, however, Sarah Elizabeth's father, Reuben Clarke Shorter, had pur...

Howett, Catherine M.

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