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Pinckney, Charles C., fl. 1746-1825 to James Mease

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06512 Author/Creator: Pinckney, Charles C., fl. 1746-1825 Place Written: Charleston, South Carolina Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1809/08/25 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Thanks him for sending a Spanish merino ram. Discusses problems with breeding because the ram does not seem interested in the ewes. Describes his sheep pasture and thanks Mease for his advice. Comments on his desire to breed for merino wool on a Barbary carcase.

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825
Mease, James, 1771-1846

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