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Excerpt from The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, 1855, Vol. 7 Mr. Skinner ever regarded the officers of the navy, (with many of whom he had oflieial relations, ) as foremost among his friends and correspondents. Not only did they subscribe more liberally than any other class to the American Farmer, but they brought home original communications, agricul tural works, stock, poultry, and seeds, as tokens of their regard for Purser Skinner. Among these useful allies were those 'gallant spirits, Hull, Chauncey, Bainbridge, Rogers, J ones, Porter, and Perry. The seeds which they brought, as well as those contributed from various parts of the Union, were liberally distributed under Mr. Skinner's frank as postmaster, a clerk being intrusted with the especial duty of preparing them for the mail. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.