Pittsfield
Sep. 21. 1849
Dear Robert:
I am quite anxious to procure
Five Bushells of wheat of Pennsylvania growth
for seed and I have suppos'd that it might
readily be done through some Miller or 
Commission Merchant of the City. Can you
take so much time as to look it up. The
Pennsylvania Blue stem is a highly
approved variety with us and has only
been introduced within the last three
years. Of that I have enough. The other
two varieties which we have are the
early purple straw and Medi
terranean. I want neither of them. You see therefore
that the Blue stem, Purple straw and Medi
terranean (the two last red wheat) is what
I do not want. There are many other varie
ties cultivated in Pennsylvania and
of them I want a hardy wheat and a
good bearer. The Zimmerman wheat is
highly spoken of. Can 5 bushells of that
be attained. If so get it for me and have
it put in double bags, so that I may
take it along when I return. If however the
Zimmerman wheat cannot be obtained

then any other recommended variety.
An early wheat is preferable, but not what
is called May wheat, that is too early.
Com. Steward imported wheat from [?]
with me it has proven too liable to dis
ease. In short I depend upon your mak
ing a good selection and I would greatly prefer
the smooth headed wheat. It is so im
portant to change one seed once in five
years that almost any change would
be advantageous and what may ap
pear to you a trifling matter is to
me quite important. Cannot Doctor 
Phipps aid you. By reason of his exten
sive practice he might make a sound
selection from among the Farmers
about Bristol. I will pay when I come on.
Now as to my movements. On the first
of October (Monday week) I shall leave for 
New York where business will detain me
for a day or two and having accepted an
invitation to the agricultural show at
Flushing Long Island on the 4th October
we propose to leave on the 5th or 6th for
Bristol where we shall remain most
probably the sabbath and certainly do so
if we can get to Philadelphia on the
evening of that day so as to take the

cars on Monday morning to Baltimore
Write me all about it to New York
so that your letter may meet me
there and I could apprise you with
more accuracy of the day on which
we shall be with you. Alice I sup
pose by this time has returned to Bristol.
Of politics I will talk when I reach
you.
With love to all
Yr Father
J. Tyler

Ro Tyler Esq.

J. Tyler

Robert Tyler Esq
Att. at Law
No 10 S[ou]th 7th Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania