Format Manuscript/Mixed Material
Contributors American Colony (Jerusalem)
Fairchild, David
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Whiting, John D. (John David)
Dates 1916
Location California
Jerusalem
United States
Language English
Subjects Agriculture
Botany
California
Damascus
Development
Fairchild, David
Foreign seed and plant introduction
Fruit cultivation
Jerusalem
Middle East
Palestine
Peaches
U.S. Consuls
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Whiting, John D. (John David)
Title
Letter from David Fairchild, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D.C., to John D. Whiting
Contributor Names
American Colony (Jerusalem)
Fairchild, David (Author)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (Associated name)
Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951 (Recipient)
Created Published
December 30, 1916
Subject Headings
-  Botany--Middle East
-  Jerusalem--Development--Agriculture
-  Agriculture--Palestine
-  U.S. Department of Agriculture--Foreign seed and plant introduction
-  Fairchild, David
-  Whiting, John D. (John David), 1882-1951
-  Damascus--Fruit cultivation--Peaches
-  California--Fruit cultivation--Peaches
-  U.S. Consuls--Damascus
-  United States -- California -- Jerusalem
Genre
Manuscripts
Correspondence
Notes
-  Typed letter signed, 1 p. On U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction division letterhead. From agricultural explorer in charge, Washington, D.C., to Whiting in Jerusalem. Re collaboration in seed exchange and fruit production, Palestine and United States.
Medium
Letter 8" X 10 1/2"
Call Number
Part I, Box 2, Folder 20: Ameican Colony in Jerusalem
Source Collection
American Colony in Jerusalem Collection
Repository
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C. 20540
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mamcol.039


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