An estimate relating to gleaning. Co. Camb. Par. G-r. 1787 880 acres of all sorts of grain, produced to 40 families, ... 400 bushels...
Cambridgeshire (England)
[Cambridge?,
1790?]
"By appeal to the Lords from the judgment of Com. Pleas, 11 June 1788, it is probable, they would allow the ancient necessary custom of gleaning, and get an act to restrain, by punishments, the known abuses and enormities of the present practice.".
A comparative estimate of the amount and value of gleaning in the county of Cambridge and other counties in England.
Signed: S.P.
ESTC
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