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Box 0006
Container
Contains 27 Results:
Broadsides and photograph of L. Bradford, William R.; meetings in defense of W. R. P. in 1845; and of $25 reward for capture of Prince impersonator
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0381
Identifier: MS0138-025197
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Prince, William, Jr.; New England Farmer article by W. P. Jr. describing Yellow Spanish cherry, 1829-12-11
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0382
Identifier: MS0138-025198
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1829-12-11
Prince, William, Jr.; On Mr. Sowell's greenhouse that is heated by 8 gallon steam kettle
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0383
Identifier: MS0138-025199
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Walker, Samuel; Questions about pears with answers written on same page from an unidentified source
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0384
Identifier: MS0138-025200
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Foster, Adam; List of plants from Bookshaw's Horticultural Repository
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0385
Identifier: MS0138-025201
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Prince, William R.; Memorandum to agents on prices
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0386
Identifier: MS0138-025202
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Notes on the making of wine, with newspaper clippings regarding wine, attached
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0387
Identifier: MS0138-025203
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Note on the climate and geographical zone appropriate for grape growing
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0389
Identifier: MS0138-025204
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Plant exchange information with European sources
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0390
Identifier: MS0138-025205
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869
Newspaper article on superstitions about fruits
File — Box: 0006, Folder: 0391
Identifier: MS0138-025206
Scope and Content Note
From the Series:
Documents comprise the bulk of the collection, the largest concentration found between 1838 and 1856 (documents 215 to 295). After a brief career as a merchant in New York, he returned to Flushing Landing, Long Island, and was faced with a controversy between his father and uncle over ownership of the family property during which his father died and he became legal owner. Apparently, he was a poor business man, losing much of the nursery in the crash of the market in mulberry trees. In...
Dates:
1842-1869