11To Benjamin Franklin from James Bowdoin, 12 November 1753 (Franklin Papers)
...moved a Sparkling Light appear’d: I took a Linen Cloth and strain’d some of the Water thro...
12From Benjamin Franklin to Cadwallader Colden, 6 December 1753 (Franklin Papers)
...woolen Garments keep the Body warmer than Linen ones equally thick. Woolen keeping the Natural...
13John Canton: Electrical Experiments, 6 December 1753 (Franklin Papers)
...the bigness of a small pea, be suspended by linen threads of eight or nine inches in length,...
14To Benjamin Franklin from Peter Collinson, 7 March 1754 (Franklin Papers)
...Shewing, from Experience, A sure Method to establish the Linen-Manufacture...for a linen...
15From George Washington to Thomas Cresap, 18 April 1754 (Washington Papers)
Osnaburg is a coarse linen originally made in Osnabrück in northern Germany.
16Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, [28 May 1754] (Franklin Papers)
...in nursing others, washing and ironing the Linen, washing and cleaning the Rooms, and...
17Invoice, 23 October 1754 (Washington Papers)
This was probably an Irish linen with a smooth, shiny surface....of cotton and linen, usually...
18From George Washington to John Augustine Washington, 14 May 1755 (Washington Papers)
...shoes with long gaiters made of brown cloth or linen. GW may have gotten new boots a few...
19Orders, 15 October 1755 (Washington Papers)
...their Officers are to apply for Orders for Linen for that purpose, and see it immediately made...
20From George Washington to John Hall and John King, 16 October 1755 (Washington Papers)
...and wait there for Orders. You are to provide Linen at Mr Dicks for Haversacks for the men,...