1[William Smith’s Bill for Sundry Medicines.] (Adams Papers)
2 ozs. Cinnamon
2Abigail Adams to John Adams, 8 September 1775 (Adams Papers)
...be kind eno to send me 1 oz. of turkey Rhubub, the root, and to procure me 1 quarter lb. of nutmegs for which here I used to give 2.8 Lawful, 1 oz. cloves, 2 of cinnamon. You may send me only a few of the nutmegs till Bass returns. I should be glad of 1 oz. of Indian root. So much sickness has occasiond a scarcity of Medicine.
3To George Washington from Ephraim Blaine, 14 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
1/2 lb. Nutmegs 1/2 lb. Cloves 1/4 lb. Cinnamon 1/4 lb. Mace
4To George Washington from William Gardner, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
...for the use of GW’s headquarters staff, contained the following items, valued at £134.14.8½: two chests of hyson tea, a bag of green tea, three bags of souchong tea, six pounds of spices (cinnamon, mace, and cloves), two “Portmanteau” trunks, and 2½ yards of “Oznabrigs [Osnaburg] for Bags.” Another hogshead contained 590 pounds of black pepper valued at £29.10.
5To George Washington from Bezaleel Howe, July 1783 (Washington Papers)
1/4 Cinnamon 18/ 1/4 Mace 15/
6To George Washington from Ezekiel Cornell, 26 July 1781 (Washington Papers)
Cinnamon Cloves Nutmegs and Pickles
7Pay Book of the State Company of Artillery, [1777] (Hamilton Papers)
Marigolante produces cinnamon trees....pearl, coral, gold, silver, copper, iron, sulphur, red earth, salt peter, allum, quicksilver, potters earth (of which is made the porcelain), raw silk, cotton, tea, sago coffee, nutmegs, mace, cloves, cinnamon, peppers, indigo, china root, aquila wood, rhubarb, musk, vermillion, sticklack, borax,
8[November 1775] (Adams Papers)
2 ozs. Cinnamon