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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06514 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1810 |
| Title | Robert Livingston to James Mease commenting on reading Mease's two volume "Archive of useful knowledge" |
| Date | 1 September 1810 |
| Author | Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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 safely 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. |
| Subjects | Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Industry Economics |
| People | Livingston, Robert R. (1746-1813) Mease, James (1771-1846) |
| Place written | Germantown, New York |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Agriculture; Industry |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Mease was a doctor who is best known for his writings, Picture of Philadelphia, and a Geological Account of the United States,1807, which was among the earliest geological treatises written by an American. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |