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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08496.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of miscellaneous Civil War-era newspapers |
| Title | Dennis Redmond to William Birnie about his Southern Cultivator subscription |
| Date | 23 January 1863 |
| Author | Redmond, Dennis (fl. 1856-1865) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Replying to Birnie's letter of 14 January 1863, which had enclosed $1 for a one-year subscription to "The Southern Cultivator." Says the best grass adapted to light high land soil is Bermuda grass. Says roots can be obtained in any quantity at the Hampton plantation near Columbia, South Carolina. Says clover and blue grass will grow pretty well also, but they must be made very rich with a compost of ashes, clay, stable manure, etc. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Journalism Agriculture and Animal Husbandry |
| Place written | Augusta, Georgia |
| Theme | Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | American Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Related documents | Blank subscribers list for the Southern Cultivator Southern cultivator [Vol. 19, no. 6 (June 1861)] Business envelope sent to William Birnie, Esq. |