Janson-La Palme Collection--Excerpts from the American Farmer

Archive

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St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Name/Title

Janson-La Palme Collection--Excerpts from the American Farmer

Entry/Object ID

2012.007.0028

Scope and Content

1 folder ; 11 3/4" x 10" Bayly Janson-La Palme worked with Lois Green Carr on economic data about colonial Maryland. Ms. Janson-La Palme then did her own work on economic data about Saint Mary's County from 1790-1870. She relied on census data, assessment records, estate inventories, etc. Her dissertation was based on this material, although the analysis in the dissertation only went up through 1840. The voluminous handwritten data was later transcribed onto 5 1/4" floppy disks using PC WRITE. That data was run on the mainframe computer at the University of Maryland. The disks, spread sheets, and other printouts are at the Hall of Records of the Maryland Archives. This folder has excerpts from a popular periodical called American Farmer. The excerpts reference St. Mary's County. Vol. 6, p. 26 (July 1850) discussion of wheat from J. Edwin Coad's farm at Cherryfields Vol. 6, p. 114 (September 1850) discussion of failed fertilizer Vol. 6, p. 413 (May 1851) discussion of rye as pasture 4th series v. 12, p. 22 (July 1856) failure of grain crops Vol. 4, p. 194 (July 1867) dogs and sheep farmers

Collection

Janson-La Palme Collection

Archive Details

Primary Language

English

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1850 - 1873

Location

Container

Janson-La Palme Collection, Box 14

Shelf

Rack 11, Shelf 3

Rack

Rack 11

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 2

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Coad, J. Edwin (Joseph Edwin) 1825-1911

Person or Organization

Combs, George

Person or Organization

Janson-La Palme, Bayly