1Ledger A & B, 4 July 1730 (Franklin Papers)
For a Slate and Pencil
2Shop Book, 1735–39 (Franklin Papers)
..., blank books, ink, pencils, quills, slates, lampblack, sealing-wax, parchment, wafers,...
3Extracts from the Gazette, 1737 (Franklin Papers)
Cyphering Slates
4Extracts from the Gazette, 1742 (Franklin Papers)
..., and common ditto, large and small Slates, Gunter’s Scales, Dividers, Protractors,...
5Extracts from the Gazette, 1744 (Franklin Papers)
...fol. With great variety of other books. Also slates, inkpowder, paper of all sorts, wax,...
6An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places, [15 November 1744] (Franklin Papers)
...Sweeper to go up: The Door may be made of Slate or Tin, and commonly kept close shut, but so...
7From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 5 November 1756 (Franklin Papers)
and decided upon a slate for Philadelphia Co. which included two proprietary men. The...
8III-A-1. Combined County Inventory of Slaves and Personal Property in the Estate, 1757–58 (Washington Papers)
1 Slate and Pencils
9Appendix E. Consolidated Inventory of Personal Property in the Estate, c.1761 (Washington Papers)
330. Slate 1 & pencils—110–2s.—GW.
10[May 1762] (Adams Papers)
not with slate nor Tile but with shingles.