James Madison Papers
Documents filtered by: Author="Anderson, Elbert" AND Period="post-Madison Presidency"
sorted by: recipient
Permanent link for this document:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0143

To James Madison from Elbert Anderson, 12 October 1823

From Elbert Anderson

Westchester N.Y. Oct 12. 1823.

Dear sir,

I enclose you a new system of cultivation &c. by Major Genl. A. Beatson.1 I have partially tried the burnt clay in cheap & temporary Kilns, and have succeeded beyond my expectations. I have likewise tried the Scarifier—plate 1. […] and it produces a fine tilt [sic] for small seeds &c. With Great respect I am, sir, Your […]

E. An⟨derson⟩

RC (DLC). Docketed by JM. Damaged by removal of seal.

1. Alexander Beatson, A New System of Cultivation, without Lime, or Dung, or Summer Fallows, as Practiced at Knowle-Farm, in the County of Sussex (London, 1820).

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Madison Papers
    Title
    To James Madison from Elbert Anderson, 12 October 1823
    Author
    Anderson, Elbert
    Recipient
    Madison, James
    Date
    12 October 1823

    Reference

    Cite as
    “To James Madison from Elbert Anderson, 12 October 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/04-03-02-0143. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Retirement Series, vol. 3, 1 March 1823 – 24 February 1826, ed. David B. Mattern, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, and Katherine E. Harbury. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 140.]

    More between these correspondents