1[James Madison] to [John Quincy Adams], 30 July 1834 (Madison Papers)
...ovo, and expected every moment to burst the shell, are valuable; as confirming the ground on...
2George W. Spotswood to James Madison, 11 November 1833 (Madison Papers)
...upwards of 8 lbs. & the delicious soft shell Turtle which surpasses the Sea Turtle in my...
3William Allen to James Madison, 20 November 1830 (Madison Papers)
...it safe to send the Oysters in the shell, they will be forwarded when Alleck comes down...
4George W. Erving to James Madison, 17 February 1830 (Madison Papers)
...– "like the bones of the mammoth or the shells of unknown fishes the races of which have...
5To James Madison from George W. Featherstonhaugh, 28 February 1828 (Madison Papers)
...Deposits &c &c Fossil Bones and Shells—Woods—Coal Plants, are often found and...
6John Quincy Adams, Josiah Quincy, III, Inventory of John Adams’s Estate, September 1826 (Adams Papers)
3 Shell dishes—
7John Adams, A Dirge, 25 July 1826 (Adams Papers)
Haply its tines may wake some powerful shell,
8Two funeral sermons preached at Quincy, 23 July 1826 (Adams Papers)
...of action to fill, and filled it well, shell not pass away unnoticed by a few; whilst...
9To John Adams from Charles Francis Adams, 26 February 1826 (Adams Papers)
...feel as if I had got fully out of the shell of the University.
10To Thomas Jefferson from George Hancock, 5 August 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
..., I have also a very pretty collection of Shells probably the most perfect in this...