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Library of Virginia 2003 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Nathaniel Francis Cabell Papers, 1722-1879 2 Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 2 .625 cu. ft. English Nathaniel Francis Cabell Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Nathaniel Francis Cabell. Collection of papers relating to Virginia's agricultural history, 1722-1879. Accession 2. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Gift of J. Staunton Moore, 22 May 1912.

 Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm (Misc. Reel 287).

 Biographical Information

Nathaniel Francis Cabell was born 23 July 1807 at "Warminster" in Nelson County, Virginia, to Nicholas Cabell, Jr. (1780-1809) and Margaret Read Venable Cabell (1782-1857). He graduated from Hampden Sidney College in 1825 and from Harvard in 1827. Cabell settled in Prince Edward County, Virginia, in 1827, then moved back to Nelson County in 1832, settling at the family home, "Liberty Hall." Cabell wrote and published articles on religion, education, and agriculture. He married first Anne Blaws Cocke (1811-1862), daughter of General John H. Cocke (1780-1866), 14 September 1831, and they had six children. He married second Mary M. Keller of Baltimore, Maryland. Cabell spent the last few years of his life living with one of his sons in Bedford County, Virginia, where he died 1 September 1891. Cabell was buried in the family cemetery at "Liberty Hall" in Nelson County.

 Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1722-1879, collected by Nathaniel Francis Cabell (1807-1891) of County, Virginia, to be used in a work on the history of Virginia agriculture. Papers consist of bibliographies, constitutions, correspondence, diaries, essays, indexes, memorandums, minutes, patents, recipes, reports, resolutions, testimonials, and transcripts; and concern agriculture in Virginia from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Topics include agriculture, mainly tobacco, wheat, corn, and peas; livestock, mainly cattle, horses, sheep, and swine; farm implements like threshers, circular saws, mill equipment, and other tools; and manures for fertilizers. Some papers relate to the Agricultural Society of Albemarle and to the Virginia Agricultural Society. One letter comments on the possible sale of Mount Vernon in the 1850s.

Correspondents include James Barbour, Joseph C. Cabell, Nathaniel Francis Cabell, Dr. William Cabell, John H. Cocke, James M. Garnett, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, William Massie, Peter Minor, Thomas Mann Randolph, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Richard Sampson, John S. Skinner, Edmund Taylor, and Yardley Taylor.

Some letters contain notes by Cabell containing further information on topics and/or information on the writers.

 Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

 Contents List A List of Manuscripts Relating to the History of Agriculture in Virginia, collected by N. F. Cabell, and now in the Virginia State Library,January 1913, published in the Virginia State Library Bulletin, volume 6, number 1. 1 1 11 leaves. Book spine and title page. Manuscript Letters, & C, from 1722 to 1879, and title gives provenance of collection. 2 1 1 leaf and 1 item. Extracts, [1722], from Lowthorpe's Abridgment of The (English) Philosophical Transactions, Illustrative of Virginia Husbandry in Colonial Times. Extracts from the Journal of John Clayton. 1 2 12 p. Extracts, 1724, from Hugh Jones' Present State of Virginia concerning agriculture in Virginia. 1 3 13 p. Extracts, 1749, from the diary of the Reverend Robert Rose on the managment of tobacco. 1 4 1 leaf. Letter, 6 June 1771, John Howard, Botetourt [County, Virginia], to Dr. William Cabell, Amherst [County, Virginia], concerning severe flooding along the James River. 2 2 2 p. Letter, 5 February 1778, Landon Carter to Richard Henry Lee at Chantilly, regarding the process of making sugar, molassas, and liqour from corn stalks. 2 3 2 p. Letter, 19 March 1782, Paul Carrington to William Cabell, Jr., Amherst [County], informing Cabell he is sending him some cattle. 2 4 2 p. Letter, 22 May 1802, Archibald D. Alexander, Montpellier, Georgia, to Major Edmond Read, Charlotte County, [Virginia], on agricultural conditions in Georgia. 2 5 3 p. Letter, 9 December 1803, Dr. J. M. Galt to John H. Cocke, Mount Pleasant, on the cultivation of Scotch Broom. 2 6 1 leaf. Letter, 6 September 1804, Josiah Scholefield, Lancaster, [England], to Joseph C. Cabell, London, [England], concerning circular saws. 2 7 3 p. Letter, 24 June 1805, John Taylor, Hazelwood, [Caroline County, Virginia], to Dr. George Washington Tennent, [Port Royal, Virginia], regarding the cultivation of the Yetman pea. 2 8 2 p. Letter, 7 August 1807, Francis Watkins, Sr., Amherst [County], to Nicholas Cabell, Jr., concerning a crop of wheat on Elk Island. 2 9 2 p. Letter, 2 February 1808, John Brown, Goochland [County, Virginia], to Nicholas Cabell, [Albemarle County, Virginia], concerning the value of burnt grass. 2 10 3 p. Letter, 22 September 1808, Philip Tabb, Toddsbury, [Gloucester County, Virginia], to John H. Cocke, New Canton Post Office, [Buckingham County, Virginia], detailing the growing of corn on Gloucester County lowlands. 2 11 3 p. Letter, 21 May 1812, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Warren, [Albemarle County], to John H. Cocke, Fluvanna [County, Virginia], offering to purchase sheep from Cocke. 2 12 2 p. Letter, 12 July 1813, Randolph Harrison, Bremo, [Fluvanna County], to John H. Cocke informing Cocke of the state of his farm and crops. 1 5 4 p. Copy of patent, 1814, of J. Hall's specification concerning a new improvement in cultivating corn. 2 13 2 p. Letter, 29 May 1815, L. Wells, New York, to General [John H.] Cocke, [Fluvanna County], concerning the management of sheep. 2 14 2 p., part of letter missing. Letter, 15 July 1815, Peter Minor, Ridgeway, Albemarle County, to General [John H.] Cocke, [Fluvanna County], concerning an experiment for testing the efficacy of Hall's patent method of raising corn. 2 15 4 p. Letter, 13 August 1815, Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon, [Fairfax County, Virginia], to St. George Tucker, [Williamsburg, Virginia], regarding the construction of pise' [prize?] buildings. 1 6 2 p. Constitution and rules, n.d., of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle. 1 7 5 p. Extract, n.d, from proceedings of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle, including questionaire to planters and farmers. 1 8 2 p., printed. Copy, n.d., of Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County, Virginia], answers to questionaire of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle. 2 16 1 leaf. Note, n.d., on objects for the attention and inquiry of an agricultural society by Thomas Jefferson. 2 17 2 leaves. List, 1817, of subjects for essays assigned to members of Albemarle Agricultural Society by Peter Minor. 2 18 3 p. Letter, 22 March 1817, Thomas Jefferson, [Monticello], to General [John H.] Cocke, [Fluvanna County], sending him plants. 1 9 2 p., copy. Letter, October 1817, John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], concerning the Hessian fly. 2 19 2 leaves. Extract, 1 October 1817, of letter from Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], to General [John H.] Cocke concerning the Agricultural Society of Albemarle and agricultural societies in England. 2 20 3 p. Letter, 14 October 1817, Thomas Mann Randolph, Monticello, [Albemarle County], to James Madison, [Montpellier, Orange County, Virginia], informing Madison of his election as president of the Agricultural Society. 1 10 2 p. Letter, 14 October 1817, Thomas Mann Randolph, [Albemarle County], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], calling for an extraordinary meeting of the society. 2 21 3 p. Letter, 25 October 1817, Thomas Mann Randolph, [Albemarle County], to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], containing suggestions as to the proper course of the society. 2 22 4 p. Report, 12 May 1818 [read], of Dr. Frank Carr on practices of agriculture. 1 11 2 p. Letter, 1818, John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], concerning manuring for wheat. 2 23 2 p. Essay, n.d., on management of sheep in Scotland. 1 12 2 p. Letter, 4 September 1818, John Overton, Louisa [County, Virginia], to an unknown recipient concerning the growing of corn. 1 13 1 leaf. Letter, 26 September 1818, Peter Minor, Ridgeway, [Albemarle County], to Mr. [James] Madison, [Orange County], on draining of land. 2 24 4 p. Letter, 7 November 1818, John Marshall, Wilson Cary Nicholas, John Coalter, John Wickham, and John Adams, for the Virginia Agricultural Socity to the Secretary of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle regarding the receipt of a communication. 1 14 1 leaf. Letter, 10 October 1819, James Barbour, Barboursville, [Orange County], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle], concerning the application of society funds toward greater production. 2 25 4 p. Report, n.d., of committee on James Barbour's suggestions concerning the application of funds to premiums. 2 26 6 p. Letter, 12 January 1820, John Adams to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], informing Cocke that he has been elected president of the Society for Promoting Agriculture in Virginia. 1 15 1 leaf. Letter, 9 February 1820, H. Holmes, Winchester, [Virginia], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], concerning stone fences. 1 16 4 p. Letter, 8 April 1820, James and Jacob Douglas, Alexandria, [Virginia], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], forwarding seeds. 1 17 2 p. Report, 8 May 1820 (read), of Peter Minor on gathering clover seed. 2 27 3 p. Letter, June 1820, David Porter, Washington, to Philip Barraud, [Norfolk, Virginia], concerning ruta baga. 2 28 2 p. Letter, 20 July 1820, Thomas Mann Randolph to Joseph C. Cabell regarding horizontal plowing. 1 18 2 p, copy. Letter, 15 August 1820, Dabney Minor, Orange [County], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], regarding farm diaries. 2 29 8 p. Letter, 5 October 1820, Ben Coleman, [Spotsylvania County, Virginia], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], concerning shoeing oxen. 2 30 3 p. Letter, 21 October 1820, John S. Skinner, Baltimore, [Maryland], to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding farm accounts and improvements. 2 31 3 p. Letter, 14 February 1821, Andrew Cocke, New York, to Thomas Jefferson concerning seed drills. 2 32 3 p. Letter, 25 February 1821, Jesse Buel, Albany, [New York], to John S. Skinner, [Baltimore] regarding corn. 1 19 3 p. Letter, 25 February 1821, Thomas Mann Randolph, Richmond, [Virginia], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County] on purchasing horses from Spain. 1 20 1 leaf. Letter, 24 July 1821, John Stuart Skinner, Baltimore, to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning Brown on Rural Affairs, and Skinner's own work on agriculture. 2 33 7 p. Letter, 12 October 1821, Peter Minor, Ridgeway, [Albemarle County], to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding tobacco. 2 34 3 p. Letter, 17 October 1821, Peter Minor, Ridgeway, [Albemarle County], to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding 2 acres of corn. 2 35 2 p. Letter, 29 March 1822, John Skinner, Baltimore, to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding [Peter] Minor's Appendix to Essay on Tobacco. 2 36 1 leaf. Letter, 22 April 1822, Thomas Mann Randolph, Richmond, to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County] on Cocke's horse, Roebuck and his stock, and Cocke's threshing machine. 2 37 1 leaf. Letter, 1822, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, [Albemarle County], to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], concerning green manures. 2 38 2 p. Circular letter, 21 October 1822, by James Madison containing resolutions for a professorship of agriculture at the University of Virginia. 2 39 3 p. Letter, 17 November 1822, James M. Garnett for the Agricultural Society of Fredericksburg to the Agricultural Society of Fredericksburg regarding a professorship of agriculture at the University of Virginia. 1 21 1 leaf. Letter, 15 December 1822, Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County] concerning a professorship of agriculture at the University of Virginia and his plow business. 1 22 4 p. Letter, 8 December 1824, John Stuart Skinner, Baltimore, to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning copies of the memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society. 2 40 1 leaf. Letter, 16 July 1825, Robert Stanard, Richmond, to an unknown recipient regarding wheat. 2 41 1 leaf. Letter, 21 July 1825, John Wickham, [Richmond], to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], concerning wheat seed. 1 23 2 p. Letter, 1 September 1825, Thomas Melville, Pittsfield, [Massachusetts], to John S. Skinner, [Baltimore], regarding corn crushers. 2 42 1 leaf. Letter, 12 September 1825, John S. Skinner, Baltimore, to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County] regarding Cabell's letter on corn crushers. 2 43 1 leaf. Letter, 24 October 1825, James Barbour, Washington, to Peter Minor, [Albemarle County], on a professorship of agriculture at the University of Virginia and on how internal improvements could help agriculture. 2 44 2 p. Essay, 3 March 1827, by Jesse Edgington about sheep. 2 45 4 p. Letter, 1 February 1830, John Winn to Elisha Boyd regarding a drum machine. Includes Boyd's reply. Winn represented Fluvanna County and Boyd represented Berkeley County in the House of Delegates at teh time the letters were written. 2 46 3 p. Extract, n.d., from Eubank on Indian Antiquities. 1 24 1 leaf. Copy, n.d., of essay on Jethro Tull. 1 25 2 p. Letter, 1 July 1832, Rueben B. Patteson to Nathaniel Francis Cabell,[Nelson County], containing a proposed rotation scheme of crops for five fields written by Cabell's father Nicholas Cabell, Jr., in 1808. 1 26 2 p. Letter, 1 December 1832, Richard I. Gaines, Wardfork, Charlotte [County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning using leaves as manure. 1 27 4 p. Letter, 18 June 1833, John H. Craven, Penpark, [Albemarle County], to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], concerning buckwheat. 1 28 2 p. Letter, 2 February 1837, Reverend J. Kilpatrick to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], concerning the Bedford breed of swine. 2 47 2 p. Letter, 9 February 1837, James M. Garnett, [Essex County, Virginia], to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], regarding Maryland twin corn. 1 29 1 leaf. Letter, 3 August 1837, William W. Gilmer, [Charles City County?, Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County] on raising hogs. 2 48 3 p. Letter, 12 April 1842, John Morris, Warren, [Albemarle County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning the cultivation of corn and an essay by R. B. Patteson. 2 49 4 p. Letter, 18 October 1843, Hill Carter, Shirley, [Charles City County], to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], regarding the management of Shirley. 2 50 3 p. Letter, 5 October 1846, Richard Sampson to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], concerning the use of lime and internal improvements along the James River. 2 51 2 p. Letter, 23 November 1846, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Edgehill, [Albemarle County], to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning stall-feeding cattle. 2 52 2 leaves. Letter, 26 December 1846, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Edgehill, [Albemarle County], to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding stall-feeding cattle. 1 30 4 p. Letter, 25 February 1847, Dr. Joseph E. Muse, Cambridge, Maryland, to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], on Spanish tobacco. 2 53 3 p. Letter, 9 April 1847, Richard Sampson, Richmond, to John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County], concerning Irish potatoes. 2 54 1 leaf. Letter, 1 February 1850, Alexander Rives to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], about a corn cob crusher. 1 31 2 p. Letter, 9 September 1853, P. V. H. Steenbergen, Poplar Grove, [Mason County, (West) Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], containing reminiscences on Virginia agriculture. 1 32 4 p. Letter, 17 December 1853, John Janney, Leesburg, [Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding gypsum and clover seed. 2 55 2 p. Letter, 30 December 1853, Reverend Peyton Harrison to William B. Harrison, [Prince George County, Virginia], concerning plantatin management. 1 33 9 p. Letter, 2 January 1854, Daniel Janney, Loudoun [County, Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], describing agriculture in Loudoun County. 1 34 2 p. Letter, 5 January 1854, F. S. Sampson to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], on farming. 2 56 1 leaf. Letter, 9 January 1854, Ben A. Donald, Bedford County, [Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], on sun-cured tobacco. 1 35 3 p. Letter, 11 January 1854, Yardley Taylor, Purcellville, [Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], on the development of agriculture in Loudoun County. 1 36 6 p. Letter, 13 January 1854, Nathaniel Francis Cabell, Warminster, [Nelson County], to Dr. Arthur Lee Brent, concerning George Washington's contributions to agriculture. 1 37 6 p. Letter, 8 February 1854, William Massie, Pharsalia, [Nelson County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], on graduated furrows. 1 38 2 p. Letter, 15 February 1854, Reverend Peyton Harrison to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning farm management. 1 39 4 p. Letter, 17 February 1854, John Augustine Washington, Mount Vernon, [Fairfax County], to Dr. Arthur Lee Brent concerning George Washington's agricultural diary and the possible sale of Mount Vernon. 1 40 3 p. Letter, 4 March 1854, H. M. Smith, Richmond, to William B. Harrison, [Prince George County], regarding corn shellers. 1 41 2 p. Letter, 13 March 1854, William B. Harrison, Brandon, [Prince George County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding corn shellers. 1 42 1 leaf. Letter, 12 May 1854, Philip St. George Cocke to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning green sand as manure. 1 43 1 leaf. Letter, 24 July 1854, Franklin Minor to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], stating that he has gone through his father's papers for autographs of his father and of James Madison, and for papers on the Agricultural Society of Albemarle. 1 44 2 leaves. Letter, 25 August 1854, W. T. Walker, Dover, [Loudoun County?], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], containing reminiscences of Richard Sampson and of agriculture in Albemarle County. 2 57 8 p. Letter, 14 September 1854, Stapleton C. Snead, Bellevue, Nelson [County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding threshing machines. 2 58 2 p. Letter, 18 September 1854, William Massie, Pharsalia, Nelson [County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning stone fences. 1 45 4 p. Letter, 30 September 1854, Thomas S. Pleasants, Petersburg, [Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning a revolutionary-era plow in Petersburg. 1 46 2 p. Letter, 30 September 1854, William L. Booker to Frank G. Ruffin regarding the books and papers of William Meriweather. 1 47 2 p. Note, [30 September] 1854, from Dr. Joseph B. Anderson containing additional information on William Meriweather. 1 48 2 p. Extracts, [copied 30 September 1854], from 1802 agricultural diary of William Meriweather. 2 59 2 p. Letter, 11 October 1854, Yardley Taylor, Loudoun County, to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding the collection of minerals. 1 49 2 p. Letter, 13 October 1854, H. E. Watkins to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning a crop of wheat on Elk Island almost fifty years earlier. 1 50 1 leaf. Letter, 16 October 1854, William Massie, Pharsalia, Nelson [County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning rock fences. 1 51 1 leaf. Letter, 27 October 1854, R. McPheeters, Augusta County, to the president of the Virginia Agricultural Society. 1 52 2 p. Letter, 28 October 1854, William B. Harrison, Brandon, [Prince George County], to Edmund Ruffin, with enclosure, letter, 9 October 1854, from John R. Todd to William B. Harrison on the Smithfield bacon trade. 2 60 4 p. Letter, 14 November 1854, Thomas S. Pleasants, Petersburg, to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning the Cassia chamaecrista. 1 53 4 p. Letters, 26 February, 15 March, 16 May 1855, Reverend Jesse S. Armistead, Cumberland [County, Virginia], to Joseph C. Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding the manuring of tobacco. 1 54 11 p. Letter, 4 April 1855, W. T. Walker, Dover, [Loudoun County?], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], on Richard Sampson's method of farming. 1 55 4 p. Letter, 23 April 1855, Edmund Ruffin, Prince George [County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding American Husbandry. 1 56 2 p. Letter, 12 May 1855, Thomas S. Pleasants, Petersburg, to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning Dr. Greenway's papers on agriculture. 1 57 3 p. Letter, 21 January 1856, T. F. Nelson to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning Nelson's invention of a guano attachment to a wheat drill and the theft of the idea from him. 1 58 3 p. Letter, 16 September 1853, John H. Beale, Mason County[(West) Virginia], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County] regarding artificial woods. 1 59 4 p. Letter, 16 May 1859, A. H. H. Bernard, Mansfield, [Nelson County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning the cultivation of corn. 2 61 4 p. Letter, 16 July 1859, Henry S. Randall, Cortland Village, New York, to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], regarding sheep husbandry. 1 60 4 p. Report, 3 November 1859, of the Committee on Testimonials, Virginia Agricultural Society. 1 61 2 p. Report, 1860, of the Committee on Essays. 1 62 3 p., copy. Letter, 4 September 1860, J. A. Gibson to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], concerning curing tobacco. 1 63 1 leaf. Letter, 14 November 1860, Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], to Edmund Taylor, [Campbell County, Virginia], concerning Taylor's essay written under the pseudonym Agricola, and submitted to the State Agricultural Society. Includes copy of letter, 3 October 1860 from Charles B. Williams, Richmond, submitting the essay from Agricola; copy of Agricola's letter to Williams asking him to submit it to State Agricultural Society; and copy of Agricola's letter to the society. 1 64 17 p. Letters, 19 November, 29 December 1860, 22 March 1861, Edmund Taylor, [Campbell County], to Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County] regarding modifications in his Agricola essay. 1 65 14 p. Letters, 10, 21, 31 March, 4 April, 26 June, 15, 17 July 1879, Nathaniel Francis Cabell, [Nelson County], to Colonel W. C. Knight on the history of agriculture in Virginia. 1 66 25 p. Bibliography, n.d., or Sources of a history of agriculture in Virginia. 1 67 3 leaves and 36 p.. Classified index, n.d., to articles in Skinner's American Farmer. 1 68 1 leaf and 3 p. Index, n.d., to authors of anonymous articles in Farmers Register. 1 69 8 p. Index, n.d., to matters treated in the Westover Manuscripts. 1 70 3 p. Some fragments, n.d., from an intended report on a post-revolutionary history of agriculture in Virginia. 1 71 24 p. Rules, n.d., for judging a horse's age. 2 62 4 p. Rules, n.d., for observance on the Bremo plantations and memoranda for practical agricultors, including advice on slaves, by John H. Cocke, [Fluvanna County]. 1 72 7 p. Extracts, n.d., from treatise on silk manufacture in Lardner's Cyclopedia, and information on tobacco from Harris' Voyages. 1 73 4 p. Lists, June 1879, of papers from the collection of Joseph C. Cabell, of papers from the collection of General John H. Cocke, and of papers on matters of agriculture by General John H. Cocke. 1 74 3 leaves.