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1865-1874

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F8

Scope and Contents

Includes letters and receipts regarding taxes, banking, farming, railroads, unpaid accounts, the Convention of Peach Growers, and other matters related to peach farming. Also includes a letter to Samuel Townsend from a Mr. Smith regarding a dispute over an order of peaches and a draft of Samuel’s angry reply. Also three letters from Judge George Purnell Fisher regarding the purchase of some peach trees and the use of railroads in shipping peaches.

Dates

  • Creation: 1865-1874

Repository Details

Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository

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