Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865 to Henry J. Harrison

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GLC#
GLC02469.21-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 14, 1822
Author/Creator
Ruffin, Edmund, 1794-1865
Title
to Henry J. Harrison
Place Written
Coggin's Point, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : address Height: 29 cm, Width: 19.4 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Ruffin, a farmer and agriculturist, writes to Harrison, a lawyer. Discusses financial matters. Notes that he ordered the American Farmer for Harrison, and Harrison may pick up the magazine at Campbell's bookstore in Petersburg, Virginia. Writes, "I never was more necessary to, nor more pleased with my matters than at present; & I pay severely for every neglect: my trip to the coalpit coast be a covered drain of 320 yards..."

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