Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. : Containing communications on various subjects in husbandry & rural affairs. : To which is added, A statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. : Vol. I. : [Three lines of quotations].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Traquair, Adam, illustrator.

Kneass, William, 1780-1840, engraver.

Lawson, Alexander, 1773-1846, engraver.

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 15916.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.

Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Societies, etc.

Agriculture.

Bridges--Pennsylvania--Schuylkill River.

Bridges.

Pennsylvania--Schuylkill River.

Schuylkill Permanent Bridge (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, x pages, 7 unnumbered pages, xii-lxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 331 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 38 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 84 pages, 20 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed by Jane Aitken, no. 71, North Third Street., 1808.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Contents:

Preface

Laws of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture

A list of the members of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture

Outlines of a plan, for establishing a state society of agriculture in Pennsylvania

Premiums proposed by the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture in the year 1791

Premiums proposed by the Agricultural Society of Philadelphia for the year 1806

Library

Rush, on studying the diseases of animals

Memoirs of the Agricultural Society of Philadelphia

Appendix

A statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge

Index.

Notes:

Plate facing p. 291 signed: A. Traquair del. W. Kneass sc. "Architectural plan and elevation of the Schuylkill P. Bridge" signed: Lawson sc.

"(Copy-right secured according to law.)"

"A statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge, communicated to the Philadelphia Society of Agriculture, 1806."--[2], 84 p., 4th count, with separate title page, with imprint: Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken, no. 62, North Third Street. 1807. Signed on p. 51: Richard Peters.

"Errata."--p. [19] at end.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 15916).

Includes bibliographical references.

Contains:

Peters, Richard, 1743-1828. Statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge.

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