1Tobias Lear to William Shotwell, 21 November 1791 (Washington Papers)
Philadelphia, 21 Nov. 1791. “The President wants to purchase about one thousand wt of clover, and six or seven bushels of Timothy-Seed, and wishes you to let him know what they can be bought for now with you. If the seeds are obtained by the month of February next, it will be soon enough for the President’s purpose; but he must depend upon them at that time, if he should determine to have them...