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No. Author Recipient Title Date Context
1 Franklin, Benjamin Journal of a Voyage, 1726 ≈1726-07-22 ...wheel, and with a bucket that holds near a barrel. It makes a great sound if you speak...
2 Franklin, Benjamin Davenport, Sarah From Benjamin Franklin to Sarah Davenport, [June 1730?] ≈1730-06-01 this Money, and I now send him 3 Barrels of Flower (tho’ it be long first) which...
3 Franklin, Benjamin Extracts from the Gazette, 1731 ≈1731-01-05 ...] walking carefully in clean Cloaths over some Barrels of Tar on Carpenter’s Wharff,...
4 Franklin, Benjamin Extracts from the Gazette, 1739 ≈1739-01-04 ...Shot, bar Lead, Pistol Powder in quarter and half Barrels, English Duck
5 Franklin, Benjamin An Account of the Export of Provisions from … 1741-02-16 ...49 and half, Tons; 7,980 Tierces, 9,573 Barrels, 885 half Barrels, 881 quarter Barrels, and 9...
6 Franklin, Benjamin An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian … 1744-11-15 ...of the Holes, ’tis found that near 10 Barrels of fresh Air are hourly introduc’d by the...
7 Franklin, Benjamin Extracts from the Gazette, 1745 ≈1745-01-01 ...Piece, mounted with Brass, Dutch Make, a black Barrel, with a pretty wide Bore. Whoever has...
8 Franklin, Benjamin Extracts from the Gazette, 1747 ≈1747-01-06 consisting of cloth, paint, tools, trinkets, four barrels of gunpowder, 500 lb. of bar lead, 8...
9 Franklin, Benjamin Collinson, Peter From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 25 May 1747 1747-05-25 a Needle to the End of a suspended Gun Barrel, ...there, the Gun Barrel can not be......Barrel...
10 Franklin, Benjamin Eliot, Jared From Benjamin Franklin to Jared Eliot, 16 July 1747 1747-07-16 ...the West Indies. It applied to all barrel staves and headings, ships timbers, planks,...
11 Franklin, Benjamin Collinson, Peter From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 28 July 1747 1747-07-28 ...on the Touch of the Wire (or of the Gun Barrel, which is the same Thing) the Fire does not...
12 Franklin, Benjamin Strahan, William From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 19 October … 1748-10-19 ...) for skins, ink, paper, binding parchment, a barrel of limes, and a “Pot Sweetmeats.” He...
13 Franklin, Benjamin Mitchell, John From Benjamin Franklin to John Mitchell, 29 April 1749 1749-04-29 37. When the Gun Barrel, in Electrical Experiments, has but little Electrical Fire in...
14 Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Abiah From Benjamin Franklin to Abiah Franklin, 7 September … 1749-09-07 .... Their presents included 10 half barrels of gunpowder, 10 hundredweight of bar lead, 3...
15 Dinwiddie, Robert Washington, George Commission from Robert Dinwiddie, 30 October 1753 1753-10-30 ...for the use of Virginia and that 80 barrels of gunpowder would be shipped from the royal...
16 Colden, David David Colden: Remarks on Nollet’s Letters, [4?] … 1753-12-04 ...for the Lyden experiment is hung to the Gun barrel or prime Conductor, and you turn the Globe...
17 Dinwiddie, Robert Washington, George To George Washington from Robert Dinwiddie, January … ≈1754-01-01 ...the colony and included 30 cannon and 80 barrels of powder, as well as other stores....
18 Franklin, Benjamin Account of the Death of Georg Richmann, 5 March 1754 1754-03-05 ..., two Feet long, and about the Thickness of the Barrel of a Pen, had been thrown on the stairs...
19 Dinwiddie, Robert Washington, George To George Washington from Robert Dinwiddie, 2 June 1754 1754-06-02 The Goods You desire for the Inds. & three barrels of rum will be sent off Tomorrow
20 Timothy, Peter Franklin, Benjamin To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Timothy, 14 June 1754 1754-06-14 ...of me, for which he was to send me two Barrels of Beer: As he did not send the Beer,...
21 Washington, George II., 3 July 1754 1754-07-03 ...Fort having broke the Heads of the Powder Barrels and strown it about that it might be...
22 Franklin, Benjamin Shirley, William From Benjamin Franklin to William Shirley, 22 May 1755 1755-05-22 They have purchased but 500 Barrels of Pork. It is all of the best Burlington... ...Barrel...
23 Washington, George Washington, Mary Ball From George Washington to Mary Ball Washington, 7 June … 1755-06-07 Ten tons of butter and 1,000 barrels of beef were sent from Ireland with Braddock’s two...
24 Washington, George Innes, James From George Washington to James Innes, 17 July 1755 1755-07-17 ...2 kegs of spirit, a cask of vinegar, a barrel of potatoes, and 3 tubs of butter (Morris to...
25 Franklin, Benjamin Collinson, Peter From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 25 August … 1755-08-25 ...the ground, appeared not bigger than a common barrel, but widening upwards, it seemed, at...
26 Washington, George Dinwiddie, Robert From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 11 … 1755-09-11 ...of the Kings’s Stores,” listed at Alexandria 70 barrels of beef, 100 of pork, and 96 of flour...
27 Defever, John Washington, George To George Washington from John Defever, 18 September … 1755-09-18 ...powder from losing force by escaping between the gun’s barrel and the projectile.
28 Dinwiddie, Robert Washington, George To George Washington from Robert Dinwiddie, 18 October … 1755-10-18 ...Small Arms fit for use in the Magazine—ten barrels of Powder & some Lead. I expect by Xmas...
29 Washington, George McLean, Allan From George Washington to Allan McLean, 26 October 1755 1755-10-26 ...engage all the Coopers you can to make and repair Barrels for the Beef, &c. You are to apply...
30 Washington, George Stephen, Adam From George Washington to Adam Stephen, 29 October 1755 1755-10-29 ...must engage all the Coopers you can to make Barrels for packing the Beef; and if any of...