1Isaac Smith Jr. to Abigail Adams, 21 February 1771 (Adams Papers)
..., as pyramids, pillars, serpents, hydras, shells, half-moons, fans, furbelows, flounces,...
2John Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 June 1774 (Adams Papers)
...the Man at York, after Eating the same kind of shell fish.
3John Adams to Abigail Adams, 1 July 1774 (Adams Papers)
..., or hoeing Corn, weeding Carrotts, picking or shelling Peas. Much better should I have been...
4John Adams to Abigail Adams, April – May 1780 (Adams Papers)
, shells, Insects, Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and presscious stones....
5John Adams to Abigail Adams, 25 July 1782 (Adams Papers)
...Knowledge. We went to see a Collection of marine Shells. We were two hours, and had not got...
...to be purchased here, viz. good Tea, Chokalate or Shells,...shells were used medicinally,...
7John Adams to Abigail Adams, 9 March 1796 (Adams Papers)
...Year, with Justice. I shall build only the shell this Year—Raise the Barn & Board & shingle...
8Louisa Catherine Adams to Abigail Adams, 7 December 1803 (Adams Papers)
...you can find it and half a dozen lb. of Shells and the same of Chocolate from Ticknors