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obtained the General's approbation to print 

 a second edition of my EXPERIENCED 

 FARMER, and his permission to dedicate it 

 to him ; but he desired I would not mention 

 this in the dedication, as he had refused a 

 similar permission to a great number of his 

 own countrymen. I then opened my sub- 

 scription, in which I found great encou- 

 ragement as I travelled along, and uncom- 

 mon success in Baltimore. 



At this last place I stopped a few days ; 

 and then went to Anapolis, to see an estate 

 of Mr. Thompson's, called Strawberry-hill. 

 I had a letter of introduction from Mr. 

 Gough of Baltimore, to General Ridgely ; 

 a gentleman of very great landed property, 

 and member of the assembly. The assem- 

 bly being at that time sitting at Anapolis, I 

 got introduced to Mr. Carrol, a gentleman 

 of the greatest property in America, and who 

 lives at Anapolis. He kindly asked me to 

 dine with him in two days from that time ; 

 and invited a great many of the assembly to 

 meet me there. The governor of Mary* 



