3 

 ARTHUR YOUNG (of England) November 15, 1786. 



This letter stands as an appendix to the previous one. It 

 possesses particular interest to us because of the description 

 it contains of the soil about Mount Vernon. 



Washington also makes a request for a &quot; plan of the most 

 complete and useful farm-yard, for farms of about five hun 

 dred acres.&quot; 



TO ARTHUR YOUNG (OF ENGLAND) 



Mount Vernon, 15 November, 1786. 

 Sir, 



The enclosed is a duplicate of the letter I had the honor 

 of writing to you the 6th of August. The evil genius of the 

 vessel by which it was sent, which had detained her many 

 weeks in this country after the letters intended to go by her 

 were ready agreeably to the owner s appointment, pursued 

 her to sea, and obliged the captain, when many days out, by 

 the leaky condition in which she appeared, to return to an 

 American port. The uncertainty of his conduct, with re 

 spect to the letters, is the apology I offer for giving you 

 the trouble of the enclosed. 



Since the date of it, I have had much satisfaction in perus 

 ing the &quot; Annals of Agriculture,&quot; which you did me the 

 honor to send me. If the testimony of my approbation, 

 Sir, of your disinterested conduct and perseverance in pub 

 lishing so useful and beneficial a work (than which nothing 



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