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 WASHINGTON AND AGRICULTURE 



Introductory note 1 



Excerpts from Washington's Farm Diaries 9 



Letters from Washington to: 



Arthur Young, 1786 14 



Arthur Young, 1788 17 



Arthur Young, 1793 17 



Sir John Sinclair, 1794 27 



Jefferson, 1795 29 



Last annual message to Congress, 1796 31 



Washington to William Strickland, 1797 32 



Selected references 36 



JEFFERSON AND AGRICULTURE 



Introductory note 41 



Excerpts from Jefferson's "Farm Book" . 44 



Excerpts from Jefferson's "Garden Book" 47 



Excerpts from Jefferson's Notes on Virginia 48 



Letters from Jefferson to: 



John Jay, 1785 49 



John Page, 1786 50 



J. P. B. de Warville, 1786 51 



Lafayette, 1787 51 



7/illiam Drayton, 1787 53 



Washington, 1793 59 



Washington, 1794 60 



Washington, 1796 61 



[correspondent's name lost], 1798 62 



Sir John Sinclair, 1803 64 



James Madison, 1810 65 



C. W. Peale, 1811 66 



Jean Batiste Say, 1815 67 



Tristram Dalton, 1817 71 



Selected references 72 



