1Enclosure: Thomas Appleton’s Notes on Lupinella Grass Seed, [ca. 5 March 1817] (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
2Thomas Appleton to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
3Thomas Appleton to Thomas Jefferson, 15 January 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
4Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 8 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
5Henry A. S. Dearborn to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
6To Thomas Jefferson from De Chanlas, 20 September 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
...he developed “artificial” meadows by sowing sainfoin, red clover, lucerne, and various...sainfoin
7James Gibbon to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
8Thomas Jefferson to John S. Skinner, 16 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
or Spanish sainfoin to
9Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Appleton, 1 August 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
...23 June 1817). Lupinella is the Italian name for sainfoin (
10Thomas Jefferson to James Gibbon, 13 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
11Thomas Jefferson to Isaac A. Coles, 7 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
12Thomas Jefferson to James Ronaldson, 12 January 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry]
13From Thomas Jefferson to Nicholas Lewis, 29 July 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...letter some more seeds of the Spanish Sainfoin lest those formerly sent should have miscarried...
14Memorandum Books, 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
grew sainfoin,
15To Alexander Hamilton from Richard Peters, 8 January 1803 (Hamilton Papers)
...it fine enough. I have tried Luzerne, Onobrychis or Sainfoin, Burnet &c &c, but I stick to the...
16James Ronaldson to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Sainfoin that gives two crops ⅌ annum
17John S. Skinner to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Anderson, James; and sainfoin [index entry] Armstrong, John; and sainfoin [index entry]
18Horatio G. Spafford to Thomas Jefferson, 29 May 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
sainfoin [index entry] seeds; sainfoin [index entry]
19To Thomas Jefferson from John Taylor, 1 June 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
...upon a very small scale between clover and sainfoin, the former evidently has the preference....
20[October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...of Rye was sown and therewith 1½ bushls. of sainfoin and 6 lbs. of Trefoil on the part next...
21October [1787] (Washington Papers)
...No. part of the grd. 1½ Bushls. of Sainfoin & 6 lbs. of Trafoil adjoining the Road. The...
22From George Washington to William Pearce, 10 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
...of each as fast as I am able; particularly the Sainfoin;...plants of Sainfoin, you might...
23[Diary entry: 27 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...Ray grass and in the 6th. 2 bushels of Sainfoin. After sowing these seeds the ground was first...
24[Diary entry: 27 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...grass and in the 6th. 2 bushls. of Sainfoin. After sowing these Seeds the ground was first...
25[Diary entry: 24 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...part of it had been sown with Wheat—Sainfoin—and Trafoil as has been mentioned—That the...
26[Diary entry: 22 November 1787] (Washington Papers)
...I perceive up and very little if any of the Sainfoin...., and very little of the Sainfoin...
27[Diary entry: 15 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...at both places. Finished Sowing the Orchard with Wheat & Sainfoin—of the first ...Sainfoin...
28[Diary entry: 11 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...all the Plantations. Began to sow Wheat and Sainfoin in the orchard in the Neck—the ground...
29[Diary entry: 2 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...of Rye was sown and therewith 1½ bushls. of sainfoin and 6 lbs. of Trefoil on the part next...
30[Diary entry: 2 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...No. part of the grd. 1½ Bushls. of Sainfoin & 6 lbs. of Trafoil adjoining the Road. The...
31[Diary entry: 11 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...to all Plantations. Began to sow Wheat and Sainfoin in the Orchard in the Neck. Finding the...
32From George Washington to Alexander Spotswood, 13 February 1788 (Washington Papers)
...—Mr Young—to gether with the winter Vetch, Sainfoin and other seeds. But from a neglect...
33[Diary entry: 15 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
Finished Sowing the Orchard in the Neck with Wheat & Sainfoin seed. Of the first it took
34[Diary entry: 17 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...) 50 lbs. of Trefoil on the Wheat and Sainfoin in the Orchard in the Neck and began to...
35From George Washington to Wakelin Welch, 5 August 1786 (Washington Papers)
10 bushels of Sainfoin seeds.
36From George Washington to Arthur Young, 15 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
Eight Bushels of Sainfoin seed—all to be in good Sacks.
37[Diary entry: 21 April 1788] (Washington Papers)
At Muddy hole, sowed the Sainfoin on the grd. allotted for it; which with the...
38April [1788] (Washington Papers)
...unharrowed (cross wise) till 4 bushels of Sainfoin wch. was in soak should be sown...
39[Diary entry: 19 April 1788] (Washington Papers)
...unharrowed (cross wise) till 4 bushels of Sainfoin wch. was in soak should be sown...
40[Diary entry: 19 April 1786] (Washington Papers)
...grass & that they had begun to sow the Sainfoin Seed. Sowing Barley yesterday & this day, at...
41From George Washington to Robert Morris, 2 October 1787 (Washington Papers)
..., you will likewise receive part of the Sainfoin Seed I had come in—sufficient I...
42November 1787 (Washington Papers)
...I perceive up and very little if any of the Sainfoin...., and very little of the Sainfoin...
43[September 1764] (Washington Papers)
GW tried doggedly to raise sainfoin (
44[Diary entry: 27 September 1764] (Washington Papers)
GW tried doggedly to raise sainfoin (
45[Diary entry: 17 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
...sooner) the trefoil 50 lbs. on the Wheat & Sainfoin in the Orch[ard] in the Neck and began...
46From George Washington to Samuel Powel, 15 September 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have not been more fortunate in my Sainfoin seed than you were. Though from the appearance one...
47From George Washington to Anthony Whitting, 5 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
Sainfoin (
48From George Washington to William Pearce, 19 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
...John Christian Ehlers was the head gardener at Mount Vernon. Sainfoin,
49From George Washington to William Strickland, 15 July 1797 (Washington Papers)
...many years in improving the estate. By introducing sainfoin on their wold land in 1779, they...
50From George Washington to William Pearce, 30 March 1794 (Washington Papers)
The report on the sainfoin seed from head gardener John Christian Ehlers has not been...