Turkey Hill Plantation

by Jeremiah Milbank

with Grace Fox Perry 

Privately printed, 1966  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition.

• Marled green covers are mostly clean, quarter leatherbound in green with gilt title to spine.  Corners are sharp.  
• Spine has gilt text and is a  little sunned, with some nicks to the leather and firm ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is strong.  
• End papers/ pastedowns are illustrated with maps of Cypress Woods Corporation, show little sign of age or wear.
• Illustrations are bright and clear. 
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Slipcase of paper covered board matches book covers.  Paper is sunned, shows some wear to one end.  See photos.
• PS2026.0715

128 pages. 6 x 10 inches

Unique edition, privately published.  Green marled boards have green leather and gilt title at spine.  Narrow quarto format features illuminated initial letters at each chapter head.  Interior is bright.  A little sunning to spine strip and rubbed spots on the smooth calf.  A Very Good Plus copy of this memoir account of investment, land reclamation, farming and sport in Jasper County, South Carolina.

Jeremiah Milbank (1887-1972) was an American philanthropist noted for his close friendship with -President Herbert Hoover.  His grandfather, also named Jeremiah (1818-1884), was a dry goods merchant who became a partner in Borden, Inc., making a fortune in the condensed milk industry.  Our author Jeremiah founded the Institute for the Crippled and Disabled (later renamed the Institute for Career Development) in 1917 in collaboration with the Red Cross as a rehabilitation center for disabled World War I veterans, the first of several charitable organizations he founded or supported. 

Turkey Hill Plantation is Milbank's account of a real estate investment that involved agricultural development, land reclamation, and local economic improvement in Jasper County, South Carolina.  Milbank took a considerable personal interest in the varied parts of the undertaking and wrote about it, working together with Grace Fox Perry (1901-1978), a local journalist and author.  

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