George Washington: Farmer
by Paul Leland Haworth
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About this eBook
- Author
- Haworth, Paul Leland, 1876-1936
- Title
- George Washington: Farmer Being an Account of His Home Life and Agricultural Activities
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Charlie Kirschner, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
- Subject
- Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 11858
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11858
- Release Date
- March 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.GEORGE WASHINGTON: — FARMER — BEING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS HOME LIFE AND AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES — By
- 2.PAUL LELAND HAWORTH — THE PATH OF GLORY, RECONSTRUCTION AND UNION AMERICA IN FERMENT, ETC. — WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS FACSIMILIES OF PRIVATE PAPERS, AND A MAP OF WASHINGTON'S ESTATE DRAWN BY HIMSELF — 1915
- 3.PREFACE
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.CHAPTER
- 6.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 7.GEORGE WASHINGTON: FARMER
- 8.CHAPTER I — A MAN IN LOVE WITH THE SOIL
- 9.CHAPTER II — BUILDING AN ESTATE
- 10.CHAPTER III — VIRGINIA AGRICULTURE IN WASHINGTON'S DAY
- 11.CHAPTER IV — WASHINGTON'S PROBLEM
- 12.CHAPTER V — THE STUDENT OF AGRICULTURE
- 13.CHAPTER VI — A FARMER'S RECORDS AND OTHER PAPERS
- 14.CHAPTER VII — AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
- 15.CHAPTER VIII — CONSERVING THE SOIL
- 16.CHAPTER IX — THE STOCKMAN
- 17.CHAPTER X — THE HORTICULTURIST AND LANDSCAPE GARDENER
- 18.CHAPTER XI — WHITE SERVANTS AND OVERSEERS
- 19.CHAPTER XII — BLACK SLAVES
- 20.CHAPTER XIII — THE FARMER'S WIFE
- 21.CHAPTER XIV — A FARMER'S AMUSEMENTS
- 22.CHAPTER XV — A CRITICAL VISITOR AT MOUNT VERNON
- 23.CHAPTER XVI — PROFIT AND LOSS
- 24.CHAPTER XVII — ODDS AND ENDS
- 25.CHAPTER XVIII — THE VALE OF SUNSET
- 26.INDEX
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