Letter, 1792 October 12, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Tho[ma]s Jefferson, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].

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Letter, 1792 October 12, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Tho[ma]s Jefferson, [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania].

Sends him Transactions of the Agricultural Society on New York to be given to Philosophical Society of the city by Dr. Mitchell; he is an authority on the Hessian fly and thinks the fly invades the "second" joint and is entirely an American product.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 24 cm. x 20 cm.

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