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[U. S. Department of Agriculture, The Forester, Forest Service business card]

Enclosed with GLC00687.173.01. Card is perforated down the center.

GLC00687.173.02

[U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Good Forest Work on Vanderbilt Estate]

Forest work on the Biltmore estate includes wise management, fire guards, permanent logging roads and experimental work in silviculture.

GLC00687.174.01

[U. S. Department of Agriculture, The Forester, Forest Service business card]

Enclosed with GLC00687.174.01. Card is perforated down the center.

GLC00687.174.02

[U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Sawdust Flour From Waste of Lumber Mills]

Sawdust flour can make dynamite, linoleum, xyolite, and artificial flooring. These uses will relieve the amount of waste from lumber mills.

GLC00687.175.01

[U. S. Department of Agriculture, The Forester, Forest Service business card]

Enclosed with GLC00687.175.01. Card is perforated down the center.

GLC00687.175.02

[U. S. Department of Agriculture press release, Germans Planting Forests in China]

While China is an example of the "evil effects of deforestation," German efforts to develop a strong system of forestry have been successful despite thieves and caterpillars.

GLC00687.176.01

[U. S. Department of Agriculture, The Forester, Forest Service business card]

Enclosed with GLC00687.176.01. Card is perforated down the center.

GLC00687.176.02

[Slave sale]

Charleston slave sale by Louis D. De Saussure: "On Thursday…will be sold at Ryan's Mart, in Chalmers Street,…a prime gang of 25 Negroes, accustomed to the culture of Sea Island Cotton and Rice." Lists the enslaved people by with their names, ages and...

GLC09339

to John Page re: insights on England after visit: "that nation hates us"

Written while serving as U.S. Minister to France. Jefferson encloses a pamphlet (apparently Notes on the State of Virginia; not included), thanks Page for a steady stream of political news from America and records his observations upon returning...

GLC02529

to James Anderson re: instructions for management of Mount Vernon

Written as President. Washington goes into considerable detail regarding farming, especially innovations (a new red clover). He also mentions building a new road and the drought of the previous fall.

GLC02793.006