Gardening--United States--History--18th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Garden and Tenant Memorandum Book
Collection
Identifier: SC 01133
Scope and Contents
A memorandum book with "articles to be observed by tenants," "Acct of Meal for 1763," "Days Lost" (sick), accounts and a list of flowers. Tenant may be William Edloe. Location is probably Virginia.
Dates:
1763
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Pringle papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 68 P93
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1783-1800, written by William Pringle to his brother John Pringle, a tailor in Georgetown [District of Columbia]. William Pringle carried a seed business in America with his brother acting as agent. Other subjects discussed in letters include the new city of Washington; the war between France and England; politics and the economy in America and England; and the sending of William Pringle's son to America to apprentice as a tailor.
Dates:
1783-1800
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center