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Aug. 31 Letter to W. G. Ewing. Concerning sale of land to 

 George Earle. Offer for other property. Ewing's 

 defeat as candidate for Congress. Ewing Manu- 

 scripts 



Sep. 23 Letter to W. G. Ewing. Concerning land in Lake 

 County, taxes, etc. Ibid. 



Dec. 14?*"Free Homesteads." Indiana State Sentinel (tri- 

 weekly), Dec. 14, 1847 101 



848 Jan. 15 *"Fences a Direct Tax to the Farmer." American 



Agriculturist, 7 :87 (Mar., 1848) 107 



Jan. 26? Letter to editor on "Gambling and Drinking." West- 

 em Ranger, Jan. 26, 1848 



Feb. 10 Letter to W. G. Ewing. Comment on route of rail- 

 road from Michigan City to Chicago; land in Lake 

 County. Ewing Manuscripts 



Feb. 15 *"Choice of Trees and Shrubs for Cities and Rural 



Towns." A7iierican Agricidturist, 7:114 (Apr., 1848) 109 



Mar. *"Cheese Making." Ibid., 7:211 (July, 1848) Ill 



July 10 "Plantation Tools." /feid., 7:270-71 (Sep., 1848) 



July *"Experiments among Farmers." Ibid., 7:282 (Sep., 



1848) Ill 



Sep. *"Ventilation Essential to Health." Ibid., 7:335 



(Nov., 1848) 112 



Oct. 28 *Letter warning purchasers of canal lands to beware 



of speculators. Western Ranger, '^ov. 17, IMS. .. . 113 



Nov. 14 *"Agricultural Tour South and West. No. 1." In- 

 diana, Illinois, Missouri. American Agriculturist, 

 8:18-20 (Jan., 1849) 115 



Nov. 22 *"Agricultural Tour South and We.st. No. 2." St. 

 Louis to Vicksburg, Mississippi. Ibid., 8:51-53 

 (Feb., 1849) 124 



Nov. ? *"The Pumpkin Dance and Moonlight Race. One of 

 the Western Border Tales." Daily Cincinnati Ga- 

 zette, Dec. 2, 1848 131 



Dec. 8 *"Agricultiu-al Tour South and West.— No. 3." 

 Mississippi. American Agriculturist, 8:90-92 (Mar., 

 1849) 135 



Dec. 9-15*"Agricultural Tour South and West.— No. 4." 

 Mississippi and Louisiana. Written Jan. 12, 1849. 

 Ibid., 8:117-19 (Apr., 1849) 146 



Dec. 15 *Visit to General Zachary Taylor at New Orleans. 



Daily Cincinnati Gazette, Jan. 4, 1849 155 



Dec. 15 - *"Agricultural Tour South and West.— No. 5." Lou- 

 19 isiana. American Agriculturist, 8:143-44 (May, 



1849) 158 



