Letter, Jan. 18, 1846.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter, Jan. 18, 1846.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54801929

Letter to Joseph Roby discussing farm business including Roby's request for "1 shepherd, 2 laborers, 2 lads under 16 but over 14 years of age and 1 girl for household work" and discussing the terms of employment. Also discuss the problem of fences, with a suggestion for fences of "buckhorn or the osage orange", disliking sod fences that are "temporary and not always a protection against stock". Discusses article in "Prairie Farmer" on smut in which the author "snears at the idea ... of a vegetable origin" and states that he is writing an article "defending the vegetable origin" for the Constitutionalist of Ottawa.

4 p.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7681884

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Sharwood, Dendy

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb5rk1 (person)

Farmer in Ottawa, Illinois who enjoyed the study of agriculture and worked with an agent in England obtaining workers for farmers in the states. From the description of Letter, Jan. 18, 1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54801929 ...

Roby, Joseph, 1724-1803

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tb2t1v (person)