Author: Anonymous
Title: Order of Exercises at the Annual Meeting of the Essex Agricultural Society, at the Unitarian Meeting House, Danvers, Sept. 30, 1835, at Three O'Clock, P.M.
Description: Salem, Salem Gazette Office, 1835. Broadside; 12 x 9 3/4; off-white stock, printed in black, ruled with an elaborate, geometric border; edges trimmed unevenly; old crease lines; a few small, incospicious pieces of tape to verso; a bit of age-toning and a few tiny punctures to lower half; minor foxing to margins; in good or better condition. The Essex Agricultural Society was officially granted a charter in 1818 and its first president was the Honorable Timothy Pickering (1745 - 1829) - Revolutionary War hero, Postmaster General, Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. The initial goal of the society was to "promote and improve the agricultural interests of farmers and others in Essex County," by gathering and providing information from more progressive farming communities to every farmer in Essex County. The broadside listed the exercises to be held, in order, including "Thanksgiving Hymn," an "Address by Daniel P. King, Esq." (1801 - 1850) - a lawyer, Congressman, and at one time President of the Massachusetts State Senate, who was never actually a praciticing attorney, but was heavily engaged in agricultural pursuits, "The Farmer's Song, Written for the Occasion," etc. Good .

Keywords: Boston Vbf, Agriculture


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