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1864 September 14 . McAlister & Wheeless ALS and newspaper clipping to W[illiam] Bosson; Nashville, Tennessee.

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Abstract:
Cotton seeds from Egypt sent to William Bosson (1806-1887) from a source in Washington and successfully produced cotton from them in Murfreesboro. McAlister and Wheeless write that Bosson's sample is "the finest sample of cotton, we ever saw grown in this country, save the Sea Islands." With a newspaper article reprinting Bosson's 'sample enclosed' letter and requesting local planters to let the editor(s) know whether or not anyone in the same climate has previously attempted to cultivate cotton on a large scale. An accompanying manuscript note by Bosson explains that McAlister and Wheeless are "prominent Cotton Brokers" in Nashville.
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