(Archives i) Books of correspondence, 'Bath Society of Agricultural Society'

Reference Number: 0038/6/1/1
Level of Description: Item
Title: (Archives i) Books of correspondence, 'Bath Society of Agricultural Society'
Date: 1777-1782
Extent: Extent: 1 item
Description: The letters are mostly copies or extracts of letters received, but some originals have been bound in. Subjects include not only agricultural improvements and queries, but also machinery and mechanical inventions, e.g. 23 Feb 1778, John Cook of Thorncombe on spinning machines, p 56 and elsewhere. Correspondents are from many parts of the country and ideas and queries are widely exchanged. Paginated to p 377, then foliated to f 459. After the original pagination ceases, most letters are original. From f 443 is a subject index.