# Ploughman at Hans Van Ripper Homestead

> Hans Van Ripper Homestead · Sleepy Hollow, NY (the upland fields)

- **Web:** https://ichabod.dev/o/van-ripper-homestead/ploughman-69208f45-129f-4d7d-8a2b-fc644596a2f1
- **Status:** Open
- **Organization:** Hans Van Ripper Homestead
- **Organization profile:** https://ichabod.dev/o/van-ripper-homestead/llms.txt
- **Work model:** In-person
- **Location:** Sleepy Hollow, NY (the upland fields)
- **Posted:** September 10, 1799
- **Open until:** December 31, 9999
- **Role id:** 69208f45-129f-4d7d-8a2b-fc644596a2f1

## Role description

The Van Ripper homestead farms stony upland at a profit through thrift alone. You follow the plough through it from thaw to frost, behind the only horse on the place.

#### The work ##

- Plough, harrow, and sow the upland fields from thaw to frost.
- Work behind Gunpowder, the homestead's one and only horse.
- Mend what breaks along the way, with what is already on the place.

#### Context ##

- Reports to Hans Van Ripper — hourly, whether asked to or not.
- Headcount: Hans, you, and Gunpowder.
- Pay is £12–18 New York currency per annum (~$30–45 in silver dollars), modest but paid on the day, in full.
- In-person, daylight, thaw to frost.

_Recorded in the parish register of Sleepy Hollow, autumn of 1799._

## What they're looking for

- Has ploughed behind a difficult horse and finished the field anyway.
- The patience of stone.
- Asks for nothing twice; once may also prove too often.

Not a fit if hourly direction you did not ask for would grate.

## About the organization

A small, stony, stubbornly profitable upland farm run on thrift by Hans Van Ripper since 1775.

#### Who we are ##

Headcount: Hans, one hired hand when he must, and Gunpowder the plough-horse. No frills, no waste, no debts, and no intention of acquiring any of the three.

#### How we work ##

By hand, by daylight, and by the shortest route to a finished field. Wages are modest but paid on the day, in full — and the boarding, whatever else is said of it, has never yet starved a schoolmaster.

#### Who thrives here ##

Someone with the patience of stone who can take direction hourly, whether or not they asked for it, and finish the field anyway.

_Recorded in the parish register of Sleepy Hollow, autumn of 1799._

Website: https://van-ripper-homestead.sleepyhollow.test

## Acting on this

Ichabod is headless — there is no apply button on this page. A Seeker expresses interest through their agent, and when the Organization's interest is mutual, Ichabod introduces you both by email.

Ask your agent to run:

```
express_interest_in_role role_id="69208f45-129f-4d7d-8a2b-fc644596a2f1"
```

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