Buy this book on-line L. W. BEARD : 1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER REQUESTING PRIME FARMING LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTLING AND COLONISING NORTHERN FARMERS INTO ALABAMA
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. On offer is a fascinating, original late 19th Century Calera Alabama manuscript letter handwritten by L. W. Beard of editor of the newsletter The Sunny Southland 'A Weekly Immigration Paper' published in Shelby County Alabama promoting Northern farmers as 'colonists' and 'settlers' to Alabama. The two page letter, dated August 27, 1897 is addressed to Thomas Scott of Montgomery. Scott and his family were prominent in the Alabama Republican party at the time and were also big land owners throughout Alabama. The letter provides significant insight into the machinations of enticing his primary target for immigrants as Beard writes Scott asking him to find 10,000+ acres or more of well watered stock land suitable for dairy farming, good soil on clay foundation, elevated sufficient to be well drained, moderately priced, for dairy cattle and other purposes near the L&N Railroad line between Mobile & New Orleans. Beard intended to parcel it out to new settlers. He clearly outlines his preferences and that the land must be 'healthful all year locality for Northern farmers!' Overall G+.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Good+ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of L. W. BEARD : 1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER REQUESTING PRIME FARMING LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF SETTLING AND COLONISING NORTHERN FARMERS INTO ALABAMA. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, out-of-print books, atlases, livres illustrées and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |