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event with fortitude / yet * lie fir « rita& iandh depressed with the remembfafide cfPhierloss and asetfety t&ar ft ^ ndilc&en * We cannot help satoetffties regretting ^ harmaiJy kind , sympathising friends a * e fid far separated from us ; yet we iiave iii this remote place met with maby wf * 6 hpve don& their utoost to support Jis ^ h the moments of affliction , and I dotrbt
wot --will still befriend us . w From the numerous inquiries thou makest respecting our progress in tfarining , tbou supposest that much is accomplished in that line ; hut ' ndne can Imagine , who laave not tried it , ktee innumerable petty difficulties that a new settler has to encounter before he is
enabled sufficiently to provide for a small portion of domestic comfort , ere he : proceed to agricultural employments . Dc > uT > t less ere this thou hast seen M . Bifkbeck ' s answer to Cobbett , which will satisfy thee that the raising of crops has not been entirely unattended to . tor us
individually , our late melancholy loss , and other hindrances which were unavoidable , have delayed our progress very materially ; my brothers William and Samuel have , however ,, had two cab ing erected in a quarter section ojf land , less than a mile distant from this place , to which they
intend removing as soon as tfoe weather , ¦ fvhich is now very severe , is altered ; tney have already split a great m&ny trees into rails to form their worm fences , and are in hopes they shall be able to procure 10 or 12 acres of Indian corn this year , and next they intend to sdw wheat . None of
the English settlers have yet raised any of that grain ; M . Birkbeck has sovited some this year which appears to flourish very well ; several more have or are n 6 w preparing to sow wheat ; some of th 6 Americans raised it last seas 6 n , which produced remarkably fine crops . Other
grain that has been tried has succeeded : respecting turnips , many doubts are entertained ; we tried them in our f gardejti ; the commo n kinds nearly failed , but ' the swedes produced very tcflerably , notwithstanding tfhe remarkably < fcry Summer . Pumpkins are considered a good substitute for feeding ^ all kinds of tattle , as
they prqdokse la ^ ge drops wit ^ i little c ^ re , being sown among the cfcwta / tfnd ' gr 6 w to an immense size ;' tli $ jr , fo&Weve * , decay as soon as th& frt&t 8 et 8 * n , Which is certainly ia ^ rfiat "aisfttfr ^ iStag ^ * ¦ Tndian porn is almdst the only food x ^ ed'by the Americane for tne cbflsU ^ tida « ^ f ^ hemSel ^ and cattle , but W mbW En | Hsli litotes ttie bread made from it ii i ^ th ^ r hnpalatable We ^ make hay of the cda ^ ePrMrle g $% & G&'tm $ m # t >; 4 a ^» « ew- * f $ &M . * w « F hom"V > l ^ w ^ e ^ en ^ d ^ ed V ^ stWes tff o ^ Wm
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mm&i toflW meSalf tfte nfi& wMtdi mf ® o $ 0 *«« &ktifr ^ w ^ ffe ^ aiii # ^ d ^ adoWs , be ^ des having nb' ^ ass at b ! 1 dffrmg 4 he % infe # . ^ I * e M ^ m ^ W ^ fk& , Wttch t ® ey s ^ in a ^ d W ^ atvii ; mi ft it cc « feiaered <^ iite ds cnekp to | ruraiase the ^ om ^ stic teanu ^ cttir % W th ^ edutitfy , which is spun from cotton : this plant g ? o ^ s : v « ry ^ ell m tftis ife ^ h ^ ooWiQod Be ^^ r h ^ s are the ^^' e ^ e ^ aiTe &rtictes tit clotniiig , btit the youn ^ m * n of
this c&tony Substitute dWcfr-skm catps they p ' r ^ 6 iire the skins of die htrttters at 2 ddll ^ rS each , which they dre ^ and We mak £ the ^ n into caps , which Bre really Very be ' cidminfe . Shoes are rather 'difficult tbbe ^ i ^ ddured , * but '" we mostily Wear mo-MtiSStik Monir own tfakirik in the Summer * & £ te ffifoi * : -
< * "TW * b ''" lufte no sug ^ r nipples in th ? s iirimediate vidnity ; fbey general !^ grbw Inlow vVoods or river 'bottoms . we * h ^ ve fedine land beloxigihg $ v us afcottt' l ^ miles distant , with a fine ^ fear- camp bn it , but ft is generally «< ffl ( g ! d ^ r ed a ^ e ^ i MsiVe to extract it ds to pu ^ fehiase sugar , &t 'feast In tfae present St ^ te ' af ttijiigs , When time is of ho much im ^ ortoice . Resrpe ; cting thy inquiries cc-ncernrtfg the ^ tfara 0 ? ^ thie find it
Soil , 1 n $ ve rnatie inquiry ^ nd ? s a san ^ r foam updid a W&tum of clay f 5 6 r 20 feet in ( Jepth , renting on a stratiini of soft yiate fbbk , Whi ^ h Has been ^ penetrated to the deifth of " 5 $ feet i # Hh&txt reaching to its exteiit . Yhfe . clai ^ 'occasionally re ^ ts v , p 6 h ' et friable katid- ^ tbne
containing nlica and a sniall portion of lime ; sliate , Jibv ^ e ' ver , predbinmjAes . A sufficient quantity of lime ^ stoto ^ li ^ s not yet been discovered to l > e of i&Wfce ^ n building , l ) Ut lime pfbtfuc ^ d by turning sfhells collected trh ' tiie ya ^ ks 6 f the W ^ - bash / ls ntadefifae 6 t and thW linie , ail e& ^ sM ' iiitflti ^ d ; cMl ^ M '> aMi ^ ii . 6 < t . Sterling ! per bushel . G 6 od ijrifck eWth is
foWnd < m 6 ur own Weitifaei ^ " The Seritetnts m ^ tik ^ e ^ rWdght but Wfth tts jp ^ roVed ye ^ fdithfuU ^ anrfTiave been of- ^ r ^ ai : s ' e ^ icer to trs ; ( # e'Wve fieen partidtflarly fortu ^ te fn tnid- r ^ ds ^ ct , ad ritany , from Want o * ^ judicic ^ g selcfctiofn , have tetn de ^ rted by Me * fr ^ atiiiieMcs . r Hiis settlenient is M bx&iibmift English , 6 f
« hat tte see very lit ^ fe * "that a&svtaing be ! haVi <> ur tvhich ia so disai ^ eekbte'in the American servant ? . I temeinlieT 'in a letter Wliich 1 ' " lie ^ u ^ a b"fef&r « 1 left England , It ttfos " '' stated that M . Bit'kbeCk . sat gland , It ^ aastSted tnat Si . Bii *! bddt sat
down , to tiflble wiijb hfe ieWaMs . This , ^« i % , rfrtfHt liaye Ufeeti . llSe' ^ e "befdre m 'faMUy ' aftivfett , ' Wtt " ii ? lie ^« i ^ 'had httt 3 n ^ WSJf » f '• # d f mfe ^ mkkdW ^ tM HahSSrti ^ iwSif-Sn alffiratySfhS
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t !© 8 Letters ftum tie Bhvk ^ tttlStnehts of America .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 608, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/44/
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