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(INDIANA). WRIGHT, JOSEPH A. An Address Delivered by Gov. Joseph A, Wright, on the 6th Day of October, 1853, at Livonia...Indiana, to the District Agricultural Society, Composed of the Counties of Washington and Orange. Indianapolis, [In.]: Austin H. Brown & Co., 1854. 1st ed. 8vo. 20 pp., with an illustration. Removed. Last leaf detached & soiled. $150.00
Deals chiefly with the raising of flax, with an illustration of a machine designed by Thomas Kimber, Jr., for separating flax from the stalk. "As governor, Wright's most determined efforts were directed toward raising the standard of living of the farmers." --DAB.