Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) Collection manuscripts

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The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture (PSPA) is the oldest agricultural society in the United States. Organized in 1785, it has played key roles in developing many of the farming methods and institutions responsible for the abundance that is the hallmark of our modern food system. Practices now commonplace – such as crop rotation and management of soil fertility – have their roots in the robust dialogue and exploration of change that have marked the Society’s meetings and publication activities from its origins to the present day. The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture Collection, housed in the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania, contains numerous manuscripts among its papers and has continued to acquire important manuscripts over the years to add to its collection. This is a pilot project to transcribe recent manuscript acquisitions which have been cataloged and digitized as a way of making them more readily available to members of the Society as well as the general public.
Henry Jones diary, 1837.

Henry Jones diary, 1837.

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42 pages: 4% complete (12% transcribed, 7% needs review)
[Quaker farmer's diary]

[Quaker farmer's diary]

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48 pages: 0% complete (2% transcribed, 2% needs review)
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