To John Jay from John Sinclair, 14 March 1796
From John Sinclair
Board of Agriculture Whitehall March 14. 1796
Sir
Your favor on the use of Salt as a Manure, & on an extraordinary Sort of Apple, was read to the Board of Agriculture at its last Meeting.1 The Communication was deemed very valuable, particularly the experiments on Salt, which seems in various Cases to have had a decided effect. Should any farther information on this, or similar Topics occur to you, we shall be very happy if you would, at your Leisure, communicate it. We have received various letters tending to the same purport from the Vicinity of our Salt Works, & calling for a Repeal, or new arrangement, of the Duties on refuse Salt.— With great Regard, I remain, Sir, Your faithful & obedient Servant
John Sinclair
His Excellency John Jay &c &c &c—New York
NB. We beg leave at the same time to return you our best thanks for your obliging Present of the 1st. Volume of that interesting Publication, The Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
ALS, NNC (EJ: 07145). Endorsed.
1. See JJ to Sinclair, 12 Nov. 1795, above. For more on their correspondence and work for agricultural improvement, see JJ to GW (private), 26 Jan. 1796, note 5, above.