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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adams, Abigail Smith | De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De … | 1809-12-09 | ...s letter, that you intend to “turn your spinning wheel,” the more we are qualified to help... |
| 2 | Adams, Abigail Smith | De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith | From Abigail Smith Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De … | 1809-12-09 | ...find that you intend to turn your spinning wheel; the more we are qualified to help... |
| 3 | Armstrong, John | Madison, James | To James Madison from John Armstrong, 30 March 1809 | 1809-03-30 | ...to take the place of the common small Spinning-wheel in the manufacture of flax, tow and hemp... |
| 4 | Bentley, William | Madison, James | To James Madison from William Bentley, 2 July 1810 | 1810-07-02 | ...Country would be upon our plows & our spinning wheels. We should have no Embargo at home.... |
| 5 | Fairfax, Ferdinando | Jefferson, Thomas | Ferdinando Fairfax to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 20 January … | 1812-01-20 | Indeed the common Spinning-wheel must be kept with care: and how much better... |
| 6 | Jefferson, Thomas | Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Appraisal of Chattels at … | ≈1810-10-05 | 1. spinning wheel for cotton, & 2. wheels for spinning flax,... | |
| 7 | Hawkins, Benjamin | Madison, James | To James Madison from Benjamin Hawkins, 13 October 1811 | 1811-10-13 | ...between 1812 and 1814 one thousand spinning wheels, one thousand pairs of cotton cards... |
| 8 | Jefferson, Thomas | Thornton, William | Thomas Jefferson to William Thornton, 14 January 1812 | 1812-01-14 | .... most of us are still however at the old spinning wheel & hand cards. a few neighbors of us... |
| 9 | Jefferson, Thomas | Goodman, Jeremiah A. | Thomas Jefferson’s Instructions for Poplar Forest … | ≈1811-12-01 | machines; spinning wheel [index entry] spinning wheels [index entry] |
| 10 | Jefferson, Thomas | McAllister, John (1753–1830) | Thomas Jefferson to John McAllister (1753–1830), 24 … | 1814-12-24 | and apprenticed there as a turner, spinning-wheel maker, carpenter, and joiner. He immigrated to |