Isaac Newton was an American agriculturalist who was the first United States Commissioner of Agriculture from 1862 to 1867.
Newton c. 1860–65
Amanda Newton (illustrator)
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Amanda Almira Newton was a botanical illustrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture who specialized in watercolors of fruit. Her work is now preserved in the USDA's Pomological Watercolor Collecti
Isaac Newton (agriculturalist)
…appointed a son to take charge of his experimental farm, and he twice appointed a nephew to be chief clerk of the USDA. (His paternal granddaughter, Amanda Newton, also worked for the USDA, but she was hired many years after his death.) Despite everything, he retained President Lincoln's support up to the president's…
Amanda A. Newton Evening Star Sun May 23 1915
Trapp variety of avocado (Persea species), with specimen originating in Miami, Florida; watercolor by Amanda Newton, 1916.
Champion quince (Cydonia oblonga); watercolor by Amanda Newton, 1909.