1To John Adams from Edward Hill, 4 September 1774 (Adams Papers)
...to the seizure on 1 Sept. of 250 barrels of gunpowder and four field pieces by British...
2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 June 1775 (Adams Papers)
...have a request to make you. Something like the Barrel of Sand suppose you will think it, but...
3Elbridge Gerry to the Massachusetts Delegates, 20 June 1775 (Adams Papers)
was depended on for 200 half Barrels and were disappointed, and the plan of fortifying lines...
4To John Adams from Josiah Quincy, 11 July 1775 (Adams Papers)
...take on board from the Castle a 1000 or 1200 barrels of Powder, and 20 or 30 Pieces of brass...
5Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 July 1775 (Adams Papers)
Mr. Cranch has in his possession a Barrel of Mrs. Wilkings Beer which belonged to the late...
6Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 July 1775 (Adams Papers)
...tell me. Pray make my complements to Mr. Barrel for his great civility to Portia. I really...
7To John Adams from James Warren, 1 October 1775 (Adams Papers)
...Collect. That there were at Quebec 10,000 barrels Powder. I long for them more than Turtle...
8To John Adams from James Warren, 20 October 1775 (Adams Papers)
...of warlike Stores not less than 10,000 barrels powder. They would be A grand Acquisition...
9To John Adams from James Warren, 5 November 1775 (Adams Papers)
...why Cyder is to be had at 4/. per barrel....sold at £2 5s O.T. per barrel; in 1775, at £1 12s...
10Abigail Adams to John Adams, 27 November 1775 (Adams Papers)
...prevented people from making up. Suppose we have lost 5 Barrels by it.
11Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams, 27 March 1776 (Adams Papers)
...been intrusted with there Affairs. Deacon Barrel in particular, by One Archabald...
12Abigail Adams to John Adams, 7 April 1776 (Adams Papers)
...with 354 puncheons of W.I. Rum, 43 Barrels of Sugar, 12,500 weight coffe, a valuable...
13To John Adams from Isaac Smith Sr., 16 April 1776 (Adams Papers)
...contained, among other things, 354 puncheons of rum, 49 barrels of sugar, and 10 barrels of...
14The General Court to the Massachusetts Delegates, 9 – 10 May 1776 (Adams Papers)
...our Colonial Magazine so much as a single Barrel: ’tis true Salt petre is manufacturing in...
15To John Adams from Samuel Cooper, 20 May 1776 (Adams Papers)
—a Storeship with 1500 hundred Barrels of Powder, 1000 Carbines—Carriages, entrenching Tools &c....
16To John Adams from Joseph Ward, 28 July 1776 (Adams Papers)
...) and was taken; She had seventeen hundred Barrels of Beef and Pork and four hundred Casks...
17Abigail Adams to John Adams, 22 August 1776 (Adams Papers)
.... by the side of them. We have spaird 700 Barrels of powder to N.Y. We have 600 left...
18Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 September 1776 (Adams Papers)
...thousand fears for your Health. How is poor Mr. Barrel, is he gone, or does he yet live?
19Abigail Adams to John Adams, 23 September 1776 (Adams Papers)
Poor Barrel I see by the paper is dead. So is...
20To John Adams from Elbridge Gerry, 8 January 1777 (Adams Papers)
...to arrange for the delivery of 10,000 barrels of flour to the James, York, Rappahannock...
21To John Adams from James Warren, 23 March 1777 (Adams Papers)
...,987 stands of arms and 1,000 barrels of gunpowder. Apparently security forbade mention of...
22Abigail Adams to John Adams, 10 September 1777 (Adams Papers)
...to Molasses, tis said an acre will produce a Barrel. I have seen some of it, it both...
23To John Adams from James Warren, 17 September 1777 (Adams Papers)
...Town, the Town of Manchester that had made 90 barrels. An Acre of Tops Cut at the common...
24Abigail Adams to John Adams, 21 September 1777 (Adams Papers)
...experiment been made a month sooner many thousand Barrels would have been made, no less than...
25William Bingham to the American Commissioners, 28 November 1777[–4 December 1777] (Franklin Papers)
...General Burgoyne lost upwards of 2000 Barrels of Provisions. Finding that his Resources...
26James Moylan to the American Commissioners, 30 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
...: Alderian loaded with 112 Hhds. Tobacco 100 Barrels of Turpentine 15 casks of Rice and some...
27Jonathan Williams to the Commissioners, 3 July 1778 (Adams Papers)
...the goods on hand at Nantes, including 63 barrels of beef, to J. D. Schweighauser....
28J. D. Schweighauser to the Commissioners, 24 September 1778 (Adams Papers)
...the Bill of Loading and Invoice of 895 Barrels of Rice and thirty one of Indigo shipped...
29Abigail Adams to John Adams, 29 September 1778 (Adams Papers)
...Barly 6, corn not to be had, not one Barrel of cider will be made upon this place this year...
30Abigail Adams to John Adams, 25 October 1778 (Adams Papers)
...blank paper, it takes 40 dollors to purchase a Barrel of cider, 50 pounds Lawfull for a 100...