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1From George Washington to Benjamin Fitzhugh Grymes, 16 March 1787 (Washington Papers)
I am very much obliged to you for the Jerusalem Artichoke and fish, which you were so obliging as to send me by Colo. Stith; and if opportunity serves, Mrs Washington will be equally thankful to you for a little Cotton Seed. Of the Irish Potatoes I believe I have enough to seed the ground I intend for this Crop; but as the quantity will be large, I may be mistaken; and if you raise for Market...
2From George Washington to Benjamin Fitzhugh Grymes, 10 April 1787 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 27th ult. was put into my hands the 7th instt; and the same day I sowed, in drills, the Guinea grass you had the goodness to send me. I beg you to accept my thanks for the offer of Potatoes; but fortunately, meeting with a Rhode Island Vessel in pursuit of Fish, I have bartered for a hundred and odd bushels of them, of a very fine kind. The Soil best adapted for Carrots is...