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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 17 July 1798 | 1798-07-17 | ...their being cut for the purpose. they put up with screws which screws are in the store closset... |
| 2 | Adams, John | Jay, John | From John Adams to John Jay, 28 August 1785 | 1785-08-28 | ...all Sorts, Hammers and Anvils for Stamps, Screws for Stamps, Iron Rods for Stamps, Presses... |
| 3 | Adams, John | April 8th. 1754. | 1754-04-08 | ...the inclined plane, of the wedge and screw, and other machines compounded of these simple... | |
| 4 | Adams, John | Rush, Benjamin | From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 8 February 1789 | 1789-02-08 | ...to my naked sight blew off the dust and screwed it into a certain part of the wheelwork,... |
| 5 | Adams, John | Shaw, William Smith | From John Adams to William Smith Shaw, 16 June 1821 | 1821-06-16 | ...a little pin, and with his thumb and finger screwed it into a little hole, and the Watch... |
| 6 | Adams, John | [October 1775] | ≈1775-10-04 | To two small screws to the Lock | |
| 7 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, Thomas Boylston | John Quincy Adams to Thomas Boylston Adams, 20 December … | 1800-12-20 | ...well derive a boot-jack from a cork screw; but the merit of most genealogical &... |
| 8 | Adams, John Quincy | Adams, John | To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 8 March 1805 | 1805-03-08 | ”!!—If by thumb-screwing the memory of a witness, to trace back for... |
| 9 | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | Adams, Thomas Boylston | From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Thomas Boylston … | 1819-01-07 | ..., that I have an inveterate aversion to the screwing system, and I scarcely ever saw any... |
| 10 | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | Adams, John | To John Adams from Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 22 … | 1820-11-22 | ...robbery a short time since was actually thumb screwed and afterwards hung up by the neck until... |