1From Benjamin Franklin to ——, 3 April 1772 (Franklin Papers)
...with melted Butter, or Egg Sauce, or Potatoes or Parsnips. That every kind of Prosperity...
2John Adams to Abigail Adams, 20 September 1774 (Adams Papers)
Let us Eat Potatoes and drink Water. Let us wear Canvass, and undressed...
3John Adams to Abigail Adams, 2 August 1777 (Adams Papers)
Digging in a Potato Yard upon my own Garden and living in my
4John Adams to Abigail Adams, 31 August 1782 (Adams Papers)
..., Dr. Tufts or Norton Quincy—or upon rusticrat Potatoes with Portia—Oh! Oh! hi ho hum!—...
5John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 March 1794 (Adams Papers)
...had corn last Year—plant again the lower Garden, Potatoes again at the Beach Meadow. Plant...
6William Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 8 June 1800 (Adams Papers)
...gone. We have had cherries, peas—beans cucumbers, potatoes &c. ever since we came into town,...
7Abigail Adams to John Adams, 10 November 1794 (Adams Papers)
.... it is not yet all spread oweing, to the potato which has taken of Some of the Hands, and...
8To John Adams from Elbridge Gerry, 4 December 1775 (Adams Papers)
...of 100 Tons burthen from Nova Scotia loaded with potatoes and 8 or 10 head of Cattle. Two...
9To John Adams from Ward Nicholas Boylston, 10 July 1821 (Adams Papers)
...6 Inches high. I have about 30 acres of potatoes planted as a Substitute for Indian Corn, that...
10To John Adams from Ward Nicholas Boylston, 20 September 1822 (Adams Papers)
...—into it—Ten feet wide, with Bisin’s for Potatoes, & upper Room for other vegetables—of the...