“P” is for Poellnitz, Baron Frederick Carl Hans Bruno (1734-1801). Nobleman, horticulturist, inventor. Born in Prussia, Poellnitz emigrated to the United States in 1782. He eventually settled in New York City where he purchased a small estate, called Minto, where he pursued his interest in horticulture and conducted agricultural experiments. He also developed new types of farm implements including a threshing machine. In 1790 President George Washington visited Minto and purchased a plow for Mount Vernon. In the 1790s, Poellnitz corresponded with George Washington on various horticultural matters. In 1790, he exchanged his New York property for a 2,991 acre plantation, Wraggtown, on the Great Pee Dee River in Marlboro County. Although a slaveholder Baron Frederick Hans Bruno Poellnitz nevertheless expressed strong views about the need to abolish the practice and to give full citizenship to African Americans.
“P” is for Poellnitz, Baron Frederick Carl Hans Bruno (1734-1801)
