1To Benjamin Franklin from James Alexander, 29 January 1753 (Franklin Papers)
...all or most of them in the Transactions and that if the Observer is acquainted With makeing Observations of that Kind they Seem Rather Too particular. If he is not acquainted, then the Neglect of Mentioning the Smoaking the Eyeglass before he Looks at the Sun thro’ the Telescope and Quadrant (if they have not Smoak’t plain Glasses fitted without the Eyeglass) may run the Observer into the...
2From Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway, 9–28 January 1769 (Franklin Papers)
ordered from Edward Nairne a reflecting telescope with two small speculums, two sets of tubes with eyeglasses, a brass frame with smoked glasses, and “an additional frame to swing to set the Telescope Equatorial,” along with a micrometer. The instruments were completed and shipped in March at a total cost, including mahogany boxes...
3From Benjamin Franklin to John Winthrop, 11 March 1769 (Franklin Papers)
, 171 n, 248 n. A Galilean telescope is refracting, with a concave eyeglass.
4To Benjamin Franklin from [H.] Sykes, 26 January 1779 (Franklin Papers)
An Englishman who had a store in the Place du Palais Royal. There he sold all kinds of scientific instruments as well as eyeglasses and served as a go-between for his French clients and the English manufacturers. See
5To Benjamin Franklin from ——— Parent de Bellehache and Other Favor Seekers, 18 December 1782 (Franklin Papers)
...what monument could be raised to the man who stole thunder from the sky and the scepter from tyrants? He begs Franklin for some items to serve as devotional objects: an engraving, a pair of his eyeglasses, and a pen used to compose the glory and salvation of America. Such a request from an unknown cannot surprise: whoever has been inspired by the abbé Raynal’s depiction of the great man will...
6From Thomas Jefferson to John McAllister, 5 June 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...and compasses. In 1803, he ended a three-year partnership with James Matthews and worked on his own until 1811, when he brought his namesake into the business as John McAllister & Son. TJ ordered eyeglasses for himself and others from the optician’s company in 1800, 1804, 1806, and 1808. Charles Willson Peale, who was also a customer, shared an interest with TJ and McAllister in...
7James Lyle to Thomas Jefferson, 3 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
eyeglasses [index entry] household articles; eyeglasses [index entry]
8Thomas Jefferson to James Lyle, 27 January 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
eyeglasses [index entry] household articles; eyeglasses [index entry]
9James Lyle to Thomas Jefferson, 23 March 1811 (Jefferson Papers)
eyeglasses [index entry] household articles; eyeglasses [index entry]
10Thomas Jefferson to Charles Clay, 12 November 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
Clay, Charles; eyeglasses for [index entry] eyeglasses [index entry]