1Cotton Tufts to Abigail Adams, 25 February 1800 (Adams Papers)
.... As the water is pressed out by turning a screw, it is a very expeditious method of wringing...
2[John Tyler’s Bill for Repairing A Pistol.] (Adams Papers)
To two small screws to the Lock
3To John Adams from Walter Mowbray, [20 April 1787] (Adams Papers)
...of the genuine note and used a small screw-press to transfer the image to paper (Philip...
4To John Adams from John Quincy Adams, 8 March 1805 (Adams Papers)
”!!—If by thumb-screwing the memory of a witness, to trace back for...
5From John Blanck to John Adams, 12 December 1795 (Adams Papers)
...a Leather Hose, or Leader, with a Pump to screw on the Muzzle of the Pump, it will be...
...your coach—and have the glasses rinsed—and the cork-Screws in the bottles about that time?
...robbery a short time since was actually thumb screwed and afterwards hung up by the neck until...
8To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 20 February 1792 (Adams Papers)
...strained dry Taxation upon the Freeholders, till the screws snaped, and all was gone.—Trade...
...the bed, I have sewed it in baize; the screws and key, are also sewed in the towel, I...
..., that I have an inveterate aversion to the screwing system, and I scarcely ever saw any...