Mount Harmon Diaries of Sidney George Fisher, 1837 – 1850
Sidney George Fisher, Philadelphia lawyer, Maryland plantation owner, and political essayist kept a voluminous diary from 1834 to 1872. This portion of his diary deals entirely with life at Mount Harmon, his plantation on the Sassafras River in Cecil County, Maryland, which had been in the family since 1760. This diary is important because it gives insight into the problems of farmers in those years and a sometimes vivid description of the social life of wealthier families. Fisher claims to have introduced modern framing methods to the area by fertilizing his fields with lime and guano and making a thorough study of the best way to rotate crops. He describes the appearance of the McCormick reaper and other newly invented farm implements. The difficulties of marketing farm products first by sailing ships from Baltimore and then the establishment of the first steamboat line on the Sassafras River are explained in considerable detail.
Edited by W. Emerson Wilson, 1976, Hardcover, 315 Pages with index
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