1John Adlum to Thomas Jefferson, 15 February 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
your favour of the 7 th of October came duly to hand, and I would have answered it sooner to let you know that I would send you the cuttings desired, but I wished, with the answer to send you a bottle of wine made a few days before, the receipt of your letter. After it was done fermenting I racked it off and I thought it rather tart, and having read in the memoirs of the Philad a Agriculture...
2John Adlum to Thomas Jefferson, 27 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
I did not receive your favour of the 16 th U lt untill yesterday. I now reside in the neighbourhood of this Town, and have lived here near two years, I heard by accident of your letter being in the Post office of Havre degrace , and wrote to the Post master for it, it was very neglectful of him not to forward it to me, as he knew I resided in this vicinity, As I suppose the person to whom I...
3John Adlum to Thomas Jefferson, 13 March 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
With this days mail I send you a number of cuttings of the vines from which I made the wine I had the honor of sending you by M r Christie . I also enclose a bottle of the wine, made last season There is one particularity peculiarity in those vines different from any I am acquainted with, They will not bear pruning in the same manner that foreign vines do. When I had them first cultivated, my...
4John Adlum to Thomas Jefferson, 10 April 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
About the middle of last month I send sent on to you a number of the cuttings, of the Grape Vines you requested. As I have not heard, that you have received them, I am fearful they may have been lost on the way. If so? and you will send me word: I will forward on to you a smaller number of cuttings, and see that they are put in the mail, so that there can be no question of their getting safe...