1 September 1810
Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813
Letter signed
Title: to James Mease
Comments on reading Mease's two volume, "Archive of useful knowledge" promoting manufactures, agriculture, and economy. States that they are, "the foundations upon which a lone we can safly build our independence, as well as public and private happiness." Corrects some errors Mease made in relation to Livingston's flock of sheep and rams. Discusses the flock and the fleece it produces at length. Written from Clermont, the Livingston estate in the Hudson Valley of New York State.
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