| LC control no. | n 84027134 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bordley, J. B. (John Beale), 1727-1804 |
| Variant(s) | Bordley, John Beale, 1727-1804 J. B. B. (John Beale Bordley), 1727-1804 B., J. B. (John Beale Bordley), 1727-1804 Bordley, Beale, 1727-1804 Cresinus, 1727-1804 American farmer, 1727-1804 Gentleman of Philadelphia, 1727-1804 |
| Located | Baltimore County (Md.) Philadelphia Wye Island (Md.) |
| Birth date | 1727-02-011 |
| Death date | 1804-01-26 |
| Place of birth | Annapolis (Md.) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia |
| Field of activity | Agriculture |
| Profession or occupation | Farmers Jurists Lawyers |
| Found in | His Essays and notes on husbandry and rural affairs, 1799: t.p. (J.B. Bordley) Forsyth, W. An epitome of Mr. Forsyth's Treatise on the culture and management of fruit-trees, 1803: t.p. (American farmer) LC in RLIN, 4/18/84 (hdg.: Bordley, John Beale, 1727-1804) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Bordley, John Beale, 1727-1804; usage: Gentleman of Philadelphia) Gibson, E.B. Biographical sketches of the Bordley family, of Maryland, 1865: p. 61, etc. (John Beale Bordley; J. Beale Bordley; Beale Bordley; lawyer; judge; farmer; author of numerous agricultural works, including Epitome of Forsyth on fruit trees, with notes by an American farmer, 1803; b. 11 Feb. 1727, Annapolis, Md.; d. Jan. 26, 1804, age 76 years, 11 mos.) Tucher, A.J. Agriculture in America 1622-1860, 1984: p. xiv, etc. (John Beale Bordley; of Maryland; farmer, lawyer and judge; proponent of agriculture and agricultural improvements; published many works, most anonymously, some consistently misattributed; in 1803 condensed and paraphrased William Forsyth's Treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees, published as "An epitome of Mr. Forsysth's Treatise on the culture and management of fruit-trees"; the Epitome has been widely but incorrectly attributed to William Cobbett because Cobbett had previously produced a full-length American edition of Forsyth's original Treatise) Appleton's Cyclopedia of Amer. biog. (Bordley, John Beale; of Baltimore Co., Md., Wye Island, Md., and Philadelphia; agricultural writer; lawyer; judge; published Forsyth on fruit-trees, with notes; On rotation of crops, 1792; Essays and notes on husbandry and rural affairs, with plates, 1799-1801; A view of the courses of crops in England and Maryland, 1784; b. Annapolis, Md., 11 Feb. 1727; d. Philadelphia, 26 Jan. 1804) MWA/NAIP files, July 10, 2019 (access point: Bordley, J. B. (John Beale), 1727-1804; usage: J.B. Bordley; J.B.B.; Cresinus; American farmer; variants: Beale Bordley; J. Beale Bordley) |
| Associated language | eng |
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