31From Alexander Hamilton to Richard Peters, 29 December 1802 (Hamilton Papers)
A disappointed politician you know is very apt to take refuge in a Garden. Accordingly I have purchased about thirty acres nine miles from Town, have built a house, planted a garden, and entered upon some other simple improvements. In this new situation, for which I am as little fitted as Jefferson to guide the helm of the UStates, I come to you as an Adept in rural science for instruction....
32From John Jay to Richard Peters, 11 September 1799 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav d . with your’s of the 23 Ult: and have conversed fully with the Comptroller on the Subject of the Claim of the State to quit Rent on your Land; and on the Reasons why you should be considered as a bona fide purchasor of the State, and therefore not liable to pay it. From his Statement it would seem that the State did no more relative to the Land than aid you in obtaining the...
33From George Washington to Richard Peters, 23 July 1797 (Washington Papers)
Receive my thanks for the information given in your letter of the 3d of July, and for the offer you have obligingly made, of procuring for me, seed of the Yellow bearded Wheat. Influenced by the opinion, which prevailed some years since that that kind of Wheat would resist the Hessian fly, I then procured seed of it, & have kept my self in stock ever since, to make use of it upon a larger...
34From George Washington to Richard Peters, 26 June 1797 (Washington Papers)
Until last week, I had no suspicion that the Hessian fly was among my Wheat; but upon examination I found there were many. They have come too late, this year, however, to do me much damage; but as I view them as the harbingers of those who will visit me next year, I would guard, as far as it may be in my power, against the threatned evil. Permit me therefore to ask, if from your own...
35From George Washington to Richard Peters, 21 January 1797 (Washington Papers)
I have received with much pleasure, your Agricultural enquiries on Plaister of Paris; and thank you for the honor of, and the affectionate sentiments contained in, the Dedication. I shall be obliged by your furnishing me with two or three more copies of them, one of which I will send by the first opportunity to my correspondent, and zealous supporter of Agriculture—Sir John Sinclair. With...
36From George Washington to Richard Peters, 10 December 1796 (Washington Papers)
Herewith, you will not only receive the Outlines &ca (asked for yesterday) but the Appendix thereto; and other productions from the same quarter; which, when you have done with, be so good as to return. These, or some of the Papers, may be of use to a Committee, if Congress should incline to take up the subject of Agriculture. Your observations, with the return of the Papers, will be very...
37From George Washington to Richard Peters, 4 March 1796 (Washington Papers)
My public duties not allowing me to keep pace with Sir John Sinclairs wishes, is the best apology I can make for giving you the trouble of receiving (if you even should not read) the enclosed: and for requesting, if your leizure will not permit you to bestow any attention to his request (which you will find) at the head of the “Out lines of the fifteenth chapter,” &ca that you would prevail on...
38From George Washington to Richard Peters, 12 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
If you are done with the Pamphlets & Papers which I put into your hands, be so good as to return them, as the Gentleman from whom they were taken, when sent to you, has had no opportunity yet of forming an opinion on them. Such observations as you have made I would thank you for. Yours &ca ALS , PHi : Peters Manuscripts. The requested agricultural pamphlets and papers originally had been...
39From George Washington to Richard Peters, 28 January 1794 (Washington Papers)
I thank you for keeping in mind my request concerning Oats. For seed I want them. The purchase depends upon three things—yea four. 1 the quality. 2 the time they could be delivered in this City. and 3 the certainty of a passage to the Potomac. 4th not having heard yet from my Manager, how much he requires, I cannot be precise myself as to the quantity. All therefore I would further request of...
40From George Washington to Richard Peters, 16 May 1793 (Washington Papers)
Mr Young informs me, by a letter which I have lately received from him, that the accounts, relative to the state of agriculture, which I had collected from various quarters and transmitted to him last fall, have set him afloat on the High Seas of conjecture with respect to the Agriculture of this Country. The account which you had the goodness to prepare for me was among the number of those...