1Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 6 July 1787 (Adams Papers)
also included, “indeed I have not the Heart to do it, & her Girl has no more influence over her than a straw.”
2John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 9 July 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
and especially the Unitarians, are cowed, as We used to Say at Colledge. They are ridiculed, insulted, persecuted. They can Scarcely hold their heads above water. They catch at Straws and
Shadows to
3From John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 9 July 1813 (Adams Papers)
...Denominations in England and especially the Unitarians, are cowed, as We used to Say at Colledge. They are ridiculed, insulted, persecuted. They can Scarcely hold their heads above water. They catch at Straws and Shadows to avoid drowning. Priestley Sent your Letter to Linsay, and Belsham printed it from the same motive, i.e, to derive Some countenance from the Name of Jefferson. Nor has it...
4To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Appleton, 1 February 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
from Pietro Tellamanzie at 18 crazie per bottle, or 225 paolis total, with additional charges of 10 paolis for cases and straw and 16 paolis for transportation from Pisa, duties, and porterage. He calculated that the total of 251 paolis converted to $26.40 (
5To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Appleton, 6 April 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
Straw Wax
6To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Appleton, 1 May 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The transportation from florence by the Arno. with porterage, bottling, Cases, Straw, Corks, ropes, transporting on board &ca. &ca.
7To Thomas Jefferson from John Barnes, 7 September 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I have paid Mr LeMaire $141. Mos. Wages a/c to the 4th Inst. as well Mr Dougherty—32.50 for Oats, straw, Chariot & Horses a/c—the Carriage tax Collector, called on me, respecting yrs—I requested him to leave it untill your return, as I knew not, what they consisted of.
8To Thomas Jefferson from John Bondfield, 24 June 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
...’d in Monsr. St. Victoires Letter that you transmitted me. The[y] shall be cased with an Oild Cloth to prevent the moist Air and damp of the Ship to penetrate and over that a case of straw and canvas wraper. They will be shipt on board the Comte d’Artois, Cap. Gregory, for Portsmouth who will sail the begining of July and I shall follow the Letter of your instructions in every particular...
9To Thomas Jefferson from Elias Boudinot, 10 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
the spring, and then planted them in a good soil—At Harvest, they turned out to be a species of Oats of a peculiar Nature—When ripe, I was collecting them from the Straw by hand—Having picked 14 or 15 I laid them on the grass, till I gathered more; but in 10 minutes they disappeared, and could not be found—I gathered a number more & put them in the...
10To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Britton, 16 July 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
...too house a Strait jacket On. I
Verry Calm Manner Says to the Black Brute that Put It On I Am In Posetion of the Sackcloth where be the Ashes. I am took
and laid on an bundle of Straw nature had not far lost her Self. Shee wass disposed to Discharge by Urin