11Treaty of Carlisle, 1 November 1753 (Franklin Papers)
...Heart is green, and good, and sound: This Shell, painted green on its hollow Side, is a...
12From George Washington to William Fairfax, 23 April 1755 (Washington Papers)
...mortars plus a large quantity of shot, shells, powder, and auxiliary equipment. Convinced...
13[March 1756] (Adams Papers)
...dissecting Flies, accumulating remarkable pebbles, cockle shells &c., with as ardent Curiosity...
1415 Monday. (Adams Papers)
...dissecting Flies, accumulating remarkable pebbles, cockle shells &c., with as ardent Curiosity...
15From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 10 December 1756 (Washington Papers)
...Ravelin I have built a magazine proof against small shells, and has out a way under ground to...
16III-A-1. Combined County Inventory of Slaves and Personal Property in the Estate, 1757–58 (Washington Papers)
Scollop Shells 1/. 1 pr Stilyards 3/
17Poor Richard Improved, 1757 (Franklin Papers)
...Milk, and boil them almost enough to eat, then shell it, and spread it on a Cloth very
18To Benjamin Franklin from John Waring, 24 January 1757 (Franklin Papers)
(1934), 1–25, and Richard I. Shelling, “Benjamin Franklin and the Dr. Bray Associates,”
19From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 19 April 1757 (Franklin Papers)
...closely connected with it as the Tortoise with his Shell, they die if you tear them out of it...
20To George Washington from William Fairfax, 17 July 1757 (Washington Papers)
...furnishd with two good Mortars, some Coehorn’s and Granado Shells &ca—I hope as most necessary.