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2Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 7 October 1785 (Adams Papers)
I have also bought you two pair of Nut crackers for which I gave four shillings, we
3To Thomas Jefferson from Abigail Adams, 7 October 17[85] (Jefferson Papers)
...against the custom House, and hope they will meet your approbation. I think them finer than the pattern, but it is difficult judging by so small a Scrap. I have also bought you two pairs of Nut crackers for which I gave four Shillings. We [find them so?] convenient that I thought they would be equally so to you. The]re is the article of Irish linen which is much Superiour here to any...