Entrée principale:

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Titre et auteur:

Thomas Jefferson's Garden book, 1766-1824 : with relevant extracts from his other writings / annotated by Edwin Morris Betts.

Publication:

Philadelphia : The American Philosophical Society, 1944.

Description:

xiv pages, 1 leaf, 704 pages : tables, diagrams, frontispiece (portrait) XXXVI plates (including plans, facsimiles) on 20 leaves ; 24 cm

Série(s):

Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ... ; Vol. XXII, 1944

Notes:
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 663-666) and index.
Garden Book for the years 1766-1824, with relevant extracts from Jefferson's other writings : Early years (1766-1775) -- Revolutionary period (1776-1783) -- Minister to France (1784-1789) -- Secretary of State (1790-1793) -- Monticello interlude (1794-1796) -- Vice President (1797-1800) -- President (1801-1808) -- Retirement (1809-1826) -- Appendix I : Jefferson's summary of his meteorological journal for the years 1810 through 1816 at Monticello -- Appendix II : The water supply at Monticello -- Appendix III : Extract of a letter to Anthony Giannini -- A list of plants sent by Jefferson from Paris about 1786 to Francis Eppes -- A memorandum, probably left to Edmund Bacon, about 1808 or 1809 -- Extract of a letter written to Henry S. Randall by Jefferson's granddaughter, Ellen Randolph Coolidge -- Extracts from the diary of General John Hartwell Cocke, of Bremo, Fluvanna County, Virginia -- A statement of the vegetable market at Washington -- Appendix IV : Jefferson's scheme for a system of agricultural societies, March, 1811 -- Appendix V : Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia": plants -- Appendix VI : Jefferson's description of his mouldboard of least resistance in a letter to Sir John Sinclair -- Appendix VII : Books and pamphlets on agriculture, gardening, and botany in the library of Thomas Jefferson.

Sujet:

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Gardening Virginia.
Jardinage Virginie.
Gardening
Monticello (Va.)
Virginia
Virginia Monticello

Vedettes secondaires:

Betts, Edwin Morris, 1892-1958, annotator.
Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 22.

Garden Book

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 128776
Cote: ID:86-B6676
Statut: Disponible