If you may please to look over these lines, thinking of their Merit. In the year 1766. or when I was about fourteen years of age, when I was looking for fishworms, for Angle fishing, the foundation of my since Experience, toke place in my Understanding, with such a demonstration that it was left without any Doubt.—I can give my reasons for it.—

Near 20 years ago, I tried it with potatoes, it agreed with my idea, the aple seeds, after laying [ou]t all winter, would, admirably grow the next Sumer. the root was of early large groth, when gathering them the would ring uncomonly I thought, in consequence of their tender sound [gr]oth, we have had two Sorts of them more than 20 years ago, & last Sumer we had as good ones as usual, without adulerateing. I have seen in Harford County in Maryland Haverdagras to Baltimore, & in a Number of Counties from or between partomack to jameses River there Seem’d to me, a great Quantity of Deadly waste Land, that has been of delghtfull [. . .]lage, that might be animated yea braught to a renew’d Usefullness, in every desired production natural to the Climate, & Soil formerly. About Winchester Bigcapon & the south branch Morfield Fortpleasant &c. Some of the Richest Soil origionally; Some of it has lost its Surface, that various kinds of Groths adulterate, Ashured I am the [. . .]ight be Vivified So as to produce fairer wholsomer produce than ever the have [. . .] season past, with Beautifull Straw, of Wheat Rie Speltz oats Barly Buckwheat [&c]. this last Season of Summer I had two rapped groths of red clover on a bank of a little run of water, on the opposite bank I had timothy when I mowed the timothy [a] seacond crop of the clover was ready to cut, I really am of opinion there was as [gr]eat a weight of the timothy hay, according to the ground, as of both crops of clover [I] have know doubt but that every Usfull or Desireable groth natural to our Clime [ma]y be envigorated, to materially exceed any Groths of Culture on the Virgin Surface [wo]nderfull in Gardening, as to hemp, our for duration may exceed Rusia. as to flax our Country may exceed Hibernia, for Strength duration & fineness had we Such emplements & and artists we might exceed in fine linens &c.—

I may truly Say, that I never observed the frost to rais up, so as to heave the [ro]ots of grain or grass after my Vivifing operations: which I did not expect untill my recollecting that the winter frosts used to have an uncomon effect that way on Some of the ground where this animation had be made.—

[. . .] goodwill I hope you to excuse my unpollished Statement & address, not [be]ing used to it much, tho I hope to retain a goodwill to the advanages of our country, & that its highest Leading men may be meritoriously Renowned.