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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Franklin, Benjamin | Franklin, Jane | From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Franklin, 6 January 1727 | 1727-01-06 | ...pretty gentlewoman, I concluded to send you a spinning wheel, which I hope you will accept as... |
| 2 | Franklin, Benjamin | Anthony Afterwit, 10 July 1732 | 1732-07-10 | ...have dispos’d of the Tea-Table, and put a Spinning Wheel in its Place, which methinks | |
| 3 | Franklin, Benjamin | Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, [28 May … | 1754-05-28 | the Beginning of 1754, Spinning-wheels were provided by the Managers, for the Employment of... | |
| 4 | Mercer, John | Appendix E. Consolidated Inventory of Personal Property … | ≈1761-01-01 | 336. Spinning wheel 1 V[ide] 44. | |
| 5 | Franklin, Benjamin | Beccaria, Giambatista | From Benjamin Franklin to Giambatista Beccaria, 13 July … | 1762-07-13 | ...glasses, is turned by the foot like a spinning wheel. My wheel is of mahogany, 18 inches... |
| 6 | Washington, George | Cash Accounts, October 1765 | ≈1765-10-01 | By Mr Jas Wren for Spinning Wheels &ca | |
| 7 | Washington, George | [July 1769] | ≈1769-07-01 | ...Ohio Company. He today paid GW 16s. for a spinning wheel ( | |
| 8 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 18 July 1769] | 1769-07-18 | ...Ohio Company. He today paid GW 16s. for a spinning wheel ( | |
| 9 | Mercer, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from James Mercer, 11 August 1773 | 1773-08-11 | ...that each of them had a loom and spinning wheel, and would always manufacture every article... |
| 10 | Stewart, James | Washington, George | To George Washington from James Stewart, 28 December … | 1774-12-28 | ...seeds and plants, offered to instruct spinning-wheel makers in making his improved machines... |