1Poor Richard Improved, 1755 (Franklin Papers)
Beneath the Hawthorn’s secret Shade reclines;
2From George Washington to William Byrd, 20 April 1755 (Washington Papers)
...the Battle of the Monongahela, he paid Lt. John Hawthorn, also of the 48th Regiment, £1 2s. 6...
3Memorandum Books, 1771 (Jefferson Papers)
...Cherry. F. Cerasus. 5.—Clethra—Cockspur hawthorn, or haw. Crataegus. 4.—Laurel.—Scorpion Sena...