An Address Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its Anniversary Meeting, January 18, 1820
by Chief Justice William Tilghman (1756-1827); [John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853)]
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Philadelphia: Published by Order of the Society. William Fry, Printer, 1820. 36pp. Approx. 8¼ x 5¼ inches. Removed; without wrappers. Faint foxing to some leaves; small closed tear to second leaf; Very Good.
Presentation copy; inscribed and initialed by author Chief Justice Tilghman to his Pennsylvania Supreme Court colleague, Justice John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853), who succeeded Tilghman as Chief Justice.
Wide ranging address on agriculture, soil improvement, canals and roads, and public education by Chief Justice William Tilghman (1756-1827) who served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court until 1827. Tilghman was then one of the vice presidents of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. "The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture was established in 1785, when John Beale Bordley proposed to members of the American Philosophical Society that they form an American agricultural society in the British pattern."¹
Note. 1. Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) | Penn Libraries accessed online.
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- An Address Delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture at its Anniversary Meeting, January 18, 1820
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- Chief Justice William Tilghman (1756-1827); [John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853)]
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