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Collection Reference Number GLC01896.012
From Archive Folder Letters and documents relating to the Jeffery/Woodlief families and naval matters 
Title Report to the State Board of Agriculture on Elizabeth City County
Date 31 May 1842
Author Archer, Robert (fl. 1840)  
Document Type Government document
Content Description Transcript of original from the "Farmers' Register," Vol. 10, p. 335-339. Concerning the geography and climate of Virginia, the state's agricultural characteristics, soil composition, types of crops grown, planting and cultivating instructions, farming instruments, livestock, and the faultiness of the state's labor production and its effects on both the economy and society.
Subjects Geography and Natural History  Agriculture and Animal Husbandry  Economics  
People Archer, Robert (fl. 1840)  
Place written Old Point Comfort, Virginia
Theme Agriculture; Government & Politics; Industry
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859