AGRICULTURE IN 18TH CENTURY ORANGE COUNTY (Orange County, NY)

Selected records and documents related to farming in Orange and Ulster Counties.

Selected Farm Journals, Diaries & Letters of Farmers

INTRODUCTION

These are just a few of the primary sources, that were studied and extracted for the article Fields of Study in the Orange County Historical Society Journal in 2024, linked below. Much more material can be found, these records are just a sampling.

Cadwallader Colden's Farm Journal: Scans
The scanned pages from the manuscript owned by The Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia. Images courtesy of Mary Ellen Matise, and the Rosenbach.
Cadwallader Colden Farm Journal: Transcription
The transcription and index by Sue Gardner of the Colden journal.
Farming on the Hudson Valley Frontier: Cadwallader Colden’s Farm Journal 1727-1736
Article by Jacquetta M. Haley which includes transcription of farm journal.
Hector St. John de Crevecouer's Farming Notes
Extracted from his writings, primarily the essay "Various Rural Subjects," by Sue Gardner.
Fields of Study
Journal article on agriculture in 18th century Orange County by S. Gardner