11John Adams to Abigail Adams, 16 December 1796 (Adams Papers)
...Unkindness. I shall retire without much of either to harrow up my soul. It is rather a dull...
12John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, 19 July 1784 (Adams Papers)
...after having led that of a Toad under an Harrow for four Years before. But I Swear I...
13From John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink, Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, and De la Lande & Fynje, 29 December 1783 (Adams Papers)
’s harrowing journey, which followed a different route, see his
14From John Adams to Edmund Jenings, 3 April 1782 (Adams Papers)
...know Some of the Ploughing and hoeing and harrowing, which has prepared the Ground you...
15John Adams to Abigail Adams, 3 April 1794 (Adams Papers)
...you think best: but manure your Barley ground well and harrow it well.
16From John Adams to Benjamin Waterhouse, 29 March 1811 (Adams Papers)
...say to you in Confidence, I can when I will harrow up their Souls, by a very Simple Tale of...
17From John Adams to Elkanah Watson, 16 September 1812 (Adams Papers)
...raise wheat when you will, by ploughing and harrowing deep enough, by plenteous manure, and by...
18To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 19 July 1784 (Franklin Papers)
...after having led that of a Toad under an Harrow for four Years before. But I Swear I...
19From John Adams to William Tudor, Sr., 16 November 1816 (Adams Papers)
...Quincy and Leonard, and many others that would harrow up my Soul; among the rest myself,...
20From John Adams to Richard Rush, 24 April 1815 (Adams Papers)
...Years, and more have my feelings, been harrowed, with the clamours of the Southern and middle...