Townsend family2021-12-022021-12-021865-1874Box 1, F8https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/29494Includes 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.EnglishNO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATESTownsend familyTownsend, Edmund, active 1830sTownsend, Israel, active 1830sTownsend, John, active 1830sTownsend, Samuel, 1812-1881Fruit trade--Delaware--History--19th centuryLumber trade--Delaware--History--19th centuryPeach industry--Delaware--History--19th centuryMSS 0445