1865-1874

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1865-1874

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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press

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Includes letters and receipts regarding taxes, banking, farming, railroads, unpaid accounts, the Convention of Peach Growers, and other matters related to peach farming. Also includes a letter to Samuel Townsend from a Mr. Smith regarding a dispute over an order of peaches and a draft of Samuel's angry reply. Also three letters from Judge George Purnell Fisher regarding the purchase of some peach trees and the use of railroads in shipping peaches.

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Townsend family, Townsend, Edmund, active 1830s, Townsend, Israel, active 1830s, Townsend, John, active 1830s, Townsend, Samuel, 1812-1881, Fruit trade--Delaware--History--19th century, Lumber trade--Delaware--History--19th century, Peach industry--Delaware--History--19th century

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https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/29494

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I. Business papers, 1833-1894

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