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No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
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1 | Washington, George | [August 1761] | 1761-08-15 | ...’d abt. half an Acre of English Turnip Seed adjoining to the above and Raked them in the... | |
2 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 15 August 1761] | 1761-08-15 | ...’d abt. half an Acre of English Turnip Seed adjoining to the above and Raked them in the... | |
3 | Washington, George | [August 1762] | ≈1762-08-02 | Sowed Turnip Seed. | |
4 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 5 August 1762] | 1762-08-05 | Sowed Turnip Seed. | |
5 | Washington, George | Robert Cary & Company | Enclosure: Invoices to Robert Cary & Company, 15 … | 1762-11-15 | ...one & a small one 5 lb. of the best Turnip Seed 6 Curry Combs & Brushes 1 pr very small Toopee... |
6 | Washington, George | Robert Cary & Company | Enclosure: Invoice of Goods to Robert Cary & Company … | 1763-09-27 | ...fresh & Good 10 lb. Lucerne 10 lb. Turnip Seed 20/ worth of Garden seeds sorted 1 Peck... |
7 | Robert Cary & Company | Washington, George | Invoice from Robert Cary & Company, 13 February 1764 | 1764-02-13 | 20 lb. Turnip Seed @12d. bag 8d. |
8 | Washington, George | Robert Cary & Company | Enclosure: Invoice to Robert Cary & Company, 10 August … | 1764-08-10 | ...bottoms 50 lb. best white Bisquet 10 lb. Turnip Seed of the Northern, or Naper Turnip 2 Groce... |
9 | Franklin, William | Franklin, Benjamin | To Benjamin Franklin from William Franklin, 2 March … | 1769-03-02 | ...had not yet become popular except in planting turnip seeds. See Mabel E. Seebohm... |
10 | Franklin, Benjamin | Bartram, John | From Benjamin Franklin to John Bartram, 10 February … | 1773-02-10 | I am glad to learn that the Turnip Seed and the Rhubarb grow with you and that the Turnip... |
11 | Washington, George | Welch, Wakelin | From George Washington to Wakelin Welch, 5 August 1786 | 1786-08-05 | 20 lb. of best Turnip seeds. |
12 | Washington, George | Young, Arthur | From George Washington to Arthur Young, 6 August 1786 | 1786-08-06 | 20 lbs. of the best Turnip-Seeds, for Do....the three best sorts of Turnips Seed for feeding in... |
13 | Washington, George | Washington, George Augustine | From George Washington to George Augustine Washington … | 1787-06-10 | ...the reception of them unnecessarily. If the Turnip Seed should on trial (as we did the... |
14 | Washington, George | Washington, George Augustine | From George Washington to George Augustine Washington … | 1787-07-08 | ...clean—and I had rather you should delay sowing the Turnip Seed than put it in grd that is not |
15 | Washington, George | Washington, George Augustine | From George Washington to George Augustine Washington … | 1787-08-12 | Does your Turnip Seed come up? You have frequently in the reports, and... |
16 | Washington, George | October [1787] | ≈1787-10-01 | : GW had included turnip seeds in the list of items requested on 6 Aug.... | |
17 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 25 October 1787] | 1787-10-25 | : GW had included turnip seeds in the list of items requested on 6 Aug.... | |
18 | Washington, George | Spotswood, Alexander | From George Washington to Alexander Spotswood, 13 … | 1788-02-13 | ...by the measures you have pursued to stock me with Turnip seed; but if I am |
19 | Washington, George | Lear, Tobias | From George Washington to Tobias Lear, 19 June 1791 | 1791-06-19 | ...Majr desires me to write for half a bushel of Turnip seed of the best kind—viz.—a peck of the... |
20 | Lear, Tobias | Washington, George | To George Washington from Tobias Lear, 23 June 1791 | 1791-06-23 | ...respecting the Blankets—And the two kinds of Turnip seed (if they can be got) shall be... |
21 | Washington, George | Anderson, James | From George Washington to James Anderson (of Scotland) … | 1792-06-20 | ...of my best thanks for the Sweedish Turnip seed, and the particular account which you... |
22 | Washington, George | Whitting, Anthony | From George Washington to Anthony Whitting, 18 November … | 1792-11-18 | Have you taken measures to save what Turnip Seed you may want next year? The purchase of these... |
23 | Washington, George | Notes on Spurrier’s Rotation of Crops, January 1794 | ≈1794-01-01 | ...the Manure, spread, & plow it in, Sow Turnip seed, broad cast, every day what is plowed.... | |
24 | Washington, George | Pearce, William | From George Washington to William Pearce, 18 May 1794 | 1794-05-18 | If you have, or can procure Turnip Seed, it might be well to sow a good deal... |
25 | Washington, George | Pearce, William | From George Washington to William Pearce, 1 June 1794 | 1794-06-01 | ...paid, in this City, 40 or 50/ for the Turnip seed I sent to Mount Vernon, & to have no... |
26 | Washington, George | Pearce, William | From George Washington to William Pearce, 15 June 1794 | 1794-06-15 | Try the Turnip seed, in order to prove its goodness; for it is... |
27 | Taylor, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Taylor, 15 August 1794 | 1794-08-15 | ...calculated to dril corn, peas, wheat, turnip seed, and any of similar sizes. Moreover by... |
28 | Washington, George | Pearce, William | From George Washington to William Pearce, 15 March 1795 | 1795-03-15 | ...him have also as much of each kind of the Turnip seed, & Turnip rooted Cabbage, |
29 | Washington, George | Anderson, James | From George Washington to James Anderson, 15 January … | 1797-01-15 | , GW recommended sowing turnip seed at all Mount Vernon farms. On |
30 | Taylor, John | Jefferson, Thomas | To Thomas Jefferson from John Taylor, 1 July 1804 | 1804-07-01 | Swedish turnip seed promised. This species of turnip seems to me to... |