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In 1 80 1 Seth Adams, then of Dorchester, Massachusetts, im- 

 ported a pair of Spanish Merinos, which were conveyed through 

 France to the seaboard. Later, in 1807, Adams moved to Ohio, 

 taking the first Merino sheep west of the Alleghany Mountains. 

 In 1 80 1 M. Dupont de Nemours had four ram lambs shipped to 

 America, three of which died at sea. The other, Don Carlos, was 

 taken to Dupont's farm along the Hudson River in New York, 



Fig. 153. Don Dudley's Pet 1493, an American Merino ram noted as a sire 

 and prize winner. Owned and shown by R. D. Williamson of Xenia, 

 Ohio. Sold in 1906 at six years of age for $300, to go to South Africa. 

 The men in the picture are three of the most prominent Merino breeders 

 of Ohio and the United States. Mr. Williamson is on the left, Mr. A. T. 

 Gamber in the center, and George H. Helser on the right. Photograph 

 by the author 



where for nearly four years he was used on the flocks of that 

 region. Later he was taken to Wilmington, Delaware, and the 

 influence of his blood became felt extensively in New York, 

 Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. In 1802 Colonel 

 David Humphreys imported from Spain twenty-one rams and 

 seventy ewes to his home in Derby, Connecticut. Robert Living- 

 ston, Minister to France, sent four head to New York the same 



