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Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County Record Book
Scope and Contents
The Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County Record Book consists of the handwritten record book of meetings of the Agricultural and Pomological Club of King George County, Virginia, from 1871 to 1876. The book contains entries on the establishment of the club, including its constitution, by-laws, officers, and membership. There is also a handwritten index of names and meeting subjects like seeds received from the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for distribution among club members, canning, commercial fertilizer, implements, plowing, crops, grapes, hay, farm improvement, fences and fence laws, immigration, labor, land, manures, potatoes, and sheep husbandry.
Members present at the first meeting included Colonel Edward T. Tayloe, Major John D. Rogers, John F. Dickerson, John P. Robb, Fielding Lewis, Horace D. Ashton, Michael Wallace, Thomas T. Arnold, Julien J. Hason, and William I. Brown [sic].
The Virginia Historical Society Library owns the related document, "Proceedings at a meeting…held at the court house, on Saturday the 11th of November, 1871", consisting of eight pages.
Dates
- Creation: 1871-1876
Conditions Governing Access
The Record Book is open for research. Contact Special Collections for access.
Total Size of Collection
0.5 Linear Feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
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Room 309
Beltsville Maryland 20705 USA
301-504-5876