BOSTON CULTIVATOR

A FAMILY NEWSPAPER

DEVOTED TO

AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AND THE SCIENCES

RURAL AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY

MISCELLANEOUS READING

GENERAL INTELLIGENCE

REPORTS OF CATTLE AND PRODUCE MARKETS

STOCK MARKET, SHIPPING LIST, ETC

“For the Improvement of the Soil and the Mind”

Publishing Office No. 22 North Market Street

Boston 1850

About 12 x 17 inches. 410 pages. January through December 21.

Hardcovers are missing from the volume, but interior pages overall nice and soft, with a few notes of aging, such as random spots or name written at top of cover.

A very detailed look at mid 19th century life in America. It was an agricultural paper, so there are plenty of observations about all the latest in farming. There is so much more! Notes of the latest on gold in California. News on shipping arrivals, etc., including ships with slaves. Conditions on Native Americans in the country. State boundaries being formed. State laws. New England legislation. Crime. Phrenology. Poetry. Puzzles. Architecture. A map of Long Island. Etc……etc…..etc……..

Random illustrations.