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CATALOG NUMBER S 3021
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE May 17, 1811
AUTHOR Philip Jeremiah Schuyler
RECIPIENT Thomas Lea
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MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE D Tomlinson Esq’r
PLACES Delaware, Brandywine Mills, Georgia,
KEYWORDS machine for cleaning wheat of garlic bulbets, millstones, burrs for
grinding millstones, corn meal, Indian corn, French burr
Brandywine Mills Del State
5Ma 17~1811
Philip J Schuyler Esq’r
Respected Friend
I have been referred to thee / by the friend of D Tomlinson Esqr for information / respecting his patent Machines for cleaning / wheat, that which promises to be most useful / here is the one for takeing out garlick, is this / Machine in opperation in thy Mills, what / number of grains of garlick are usual in / a handful of your wheat, & [^what] proportion / of these is taken out by the Machine, + / how many bushels of wheat will it clean in an Hour---
The name of Schuyler is a sufficient / Guarantee that I shall not be deemed / intruding, when the object is the introduction / of improvements in our common country -
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Sence[sic] the obstructions to [commence], we / have a short supply of Burrs for Millstones / This makes it necessary to find out what / our Country affords, at this place we manu / =facture a large portion of Corn Meal for / Exportation, what Stones are used with you / for Grinding of Indian Corn, what number / of bushels will they Grind at one [drefsing?] / + when[/where?] are they to be had, we have seen none / in these parts from our own Quarries that / are sufficiently hard + [porous?], lately indeed / a Quarry has been discovered to the south / ward, I believe in Georgia, that promises / to be useful Sir very much like the French / Burr in appearance, they will soon be / put to the test of experiment
I am with sentiments / of respect thy friend
Thomas Lea
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[ADDRESS]
Philip J Schuyler Esq’r
Rhinebeck
State of New York
[POSTAL NOTATION]
Paid
17
[POSTMARK - red ink, circle]
[WIL–??]
MAY
19
[POSTMARK 2 - red ink]
PAID
[LABEL]
Tho’s Lea
1811Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
