1Franklin’s List of New Year’s Gifts and Gratuities, 29[-31] December 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Small spinning Wheel...the Le Veillard daughter, Geneviève. The “Small spinning Wheel” is...
2From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
For Lund Washington’s difficulties in obtaining spinning wheels, see his letters to GW of
3To Benjamin Franklin from Vergennes, 19 November 1781 (Franklin Papers)
...a treadel fixed in the manner of a spinning wheel, which turned a set of musical glasses,...
4From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 5 November 1780 (Jay Papers)
— Achilles made no Figure at the spinning Wheel—