1An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places, [15 November 1744] (Franklin Papers)
A square Opening for a Trap-Door should be left in the Closing of the Chimney, for the Sweeper to go up: The Door may be made of Slate or Tin, and commonly kept close shut, but so plac’d as that turning up against the Back of the Chimney when open, it closes the Vacancy behind the false Back, and shoots the Soot that falls in Sweeping,...
2Opinions and Conjectures, [29 July 1750] (Franklin Papers)
with Water. I have also smelt the Electrical Fire, when drawn thro’ Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron, Tin,All printed editions omit: “tin.”
3From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 29 June 1751 (Franklin Papers)
is also Run, and appears blisterd, when examined by a magnifying Glass. The Jarrs I make Use of hold 7 or 8 Gallons, and are Coated and Lined with Tin foil. Each of them takes 1000 Turns
4From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, [October 1752] (Franklin Papers)
...silver will receive a blue stain, near the colour of a watch spring. A bright piece of iron will also be spotted, but not with that colour: it rather seems to be corroded. On gold, brass, or tin, I have not perceived that it makes any impression. But the spots on the silver or iron will be the same, whether the bullet be lead, brass, gold, or silver. On a silver bullet there will...
5William Watson to the Royal Society, 20 December 1752 (Franklin Papers)
fire from the clouds; and succeeded, by means of a tin tube, between three and four feet in length, fixed to the top of a glass one, of about eighteen inches. To the upper end of the tin tube, which was not so high as a stack of chimnies on the same house, I fastened three needles with some wire; and to the lower end was solder’d a tin cover to keep the rain from the glass tube, which was set...
6From Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, 12 April 1753 (Franklin Papers)
I have shipt 18 Glass Jarrs in Casks well pack’d, on board Capt. Branscombe for Boston. 6 of them are for you, the rest I understand are for the College. Leaf Tin, such as they use in silvering Looking Glasses, is best to coat them with; they should be coated to within about 4 or 5 Inches of the Brim. ...Tin into Pieces of the Form in the Margin, and they will comply better with the Bellying of...
7To Benjamin Franklin from Harvard College: Degree of Master of Arts, 25 July 1753 (Franklin Papers)
approved the next day; the diploma was prepared and signed on July 25, and President Edward Holyoke presented it to Franklin two days later, with a tin box, emblazoned with the college arms, to keep it in.
8John Canton: Electrical Experiments, 6 December 1753 (Franklin Papers)
Let a tin tube, of four or five feet in length, and about two inches in diameter, be insulated by silk; and from one end of it let the cork-balls be suspended by linen threads. Electrify it, by bringing... ...the return of the tube they will approach each other till they touch, and then repel as at first. If the tin-tube be electrified by wax, or the wire of a charg’d phial, the balls will be...tin
9Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, [28 May 1754] (Franklin Papers)
the Beginning of this Year twelve Tin Boxes were provided, on which were written these Words in Gold Letters,
10Electrical Experiments, 14 March 1755 (Franklin Papers)
Fix a Tassel of 15 or 20 Threads, 3 Inches long at one End of a Tin Prime Conductor; (mine is about 5 Feet long, and 4 Inches Diameter) supported by Silk Lines.
11To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Brooke, 27 June 1755 (Franklin Papers)
Shock broke some of the Glass; the Tin, near the Top of the Looking Glass, which stands aslope from the Wall, was melted, and part of the Frame, at the Bottom was burst of with such Violence as to be heave into the middle of...
12To George Washington from John Defever, 18 September 1755 (Washington Papers)
Tin Cases fill’d with iron shot &
13To George Washington from William Prentis and William Withers, 14 October 1755 (Washington Papers)
as Richard Squire. The “Sundrys” include blanketing, 449 white shirts, 20 tin kettles, and several reams of cartridge paper. The cover of the invoice is dated 14 Oct. 1755 (
14From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 5 December 1755 (Washington Papers)
We suffer greatly for want of Kettles: those sent from below being Tin, are of small duration. We shall also, in a little time, suffer as much for want of Clothing; none can be got in these parts: those which Major Carlyle and Dalton
15To George Washington from George Mason, 13 September 1756 (Washington Papers)
...,” “Looking-glasses, plate Glass,” “Barley Corn Beads black & white,” and “Knives of all Sorts used in the Indian Trade.” Among the items no longer in stock were “stripd Duffeilds,” “Brass & tin Kettles,” “Gun-powder,” and “Gun flints.” There were some guns still available: “Abt 1 dozn Riphells 4. ft Barrells, best Iron—Bullitt Moulds to each” and “abt 1 dozn 4. ft square...
16Provincial Commissioners: Orders for Payment [November 23–December 29, 1756] (Franklin Papers)
Executor of William Grant: tin kettles, flints, nails, certified justly due
17From Benjamin Franklin to Henry Bouquet with Memoranda, [26 December 1756] (Franklin Papers)
Tin Saucepans of different Sizes –
18III-A-1. Combined County Inventory of Slaves and Personal Property in the Estate, 1757–58 (Washington Papers)
2 Tin Sugar Boxes, 16 canisters ⟨1 Fish Kettle 1 copper Pot 3 Coffeepots 1 Chocolate pot, 1 Tureen, & 2 Tin Kettles
19Provincial Commissioners to William Denny, 25 January 1757 (Franklin Papers)
850 Pounds of Lead, 400 Pounds Powder, 1000 Flints, 4 Water Engines, 17 Brass-kettles, 4 Hour Glasses, 6 Tin and 2 Horn Lanthorns, which were delivered to Col. Armstrong.
20Memoranda, 3 August–17 September 1757 (Washington Papers)
Also Tin for the Publick Works....his business, as did other merchants, in the part of Alexandria that had been called Belhaven before its incorporation as Alexandria in 1749; but no letter from GW to Ramsay or any other Alexandria merchant referring to wine, tin, and pigs has been found.
21Invoice from Thomas Knox, 28 September 1757 (Washington Papers)
A pattipan was a small tin pan for baking pies.
22To George Washington from Christopher Hardwick, 12 December 1758 (Washington Papers)
Hors Shoes & Nails, 2 Boxes, 2 Pr Legings 1 Copper kettle (the Cover missing Miles says it is at Winchest.[)] 1 Tin Quart Mug, 1 Tea Kettle, 1 Small Tent 1 Tomehock 2 Delph Bowls 7 Knives 9 Forks—Part of a Bottle of Musterd—some Spices, 2 Pewter Dishes much bent 7 Table Spoons, 3 Tea Do 2 Pieses...
23III-A-2. Account of Items in the Estate Used by Martha Custis, 1759 (Washington Papers)
2 yds hair Cloth & 2 Tin Cherry Pots1 Fish Kettle, 1 Copper pot 3 Coffee Pots 1 Chocolate Pot, 1 Tureen & 2 Tin Kettles
24III-A–8. Account of British Goods Charged to the Three Heirs, 1759 (Washington Papers)
A Cask Tin Ware & 1 dozn kid Mns
25Appendix B. Account of Sale in Williamsburg for the Estate, 25 October 1759 (Washington Papers)
1 Tin Basket & other Lumber To John Greenhow
26Cash Accounts, November 1759 (Washington Papers)
To Cash of the Estate—by the hands of Mr Valen[tin]e
27From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 21 February 1760 (Franklin Papers)
...the Apples; those in the Boxes turn’d out much better than those in the Barrels; and amongst the Boxes, Billy’s rather the best. I send you per Capt. Bolitho, two Saucepans, which instead of being tin’d within, are plated with Silver, that will not melt off like the Tin. The biggest cost me 2 Guineas, the smallest 17
28From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 27 February 1760 (Franklin Papers)
By Capt. Bolitho I send you two Saucepans, plated inside with Silver instead of tinning. I bought them at Sheffield, because I thought they would please you; and if you are not much taken with them, I shall be greatly disappointed. I got three, but keep the smallest here to make my...
29[May 1760] (Adams Papers)
Mem. Last Sunday after Meeting Mr. Cranch explained to us at Dr. Tufts’s, the Machines that are used in the Mines of Coal in New Castle, and of Tin, in Cornwal, to convey up Water from the Bottom of the Mine. They go upon the Principles of elastic Air and rarefyed Vapour. They have hollow Globes of plated Iron, or of Copper, which will hold some...
301760. May 29. Thurdsday. (Adams Papers)
Mem. Last Sunday after Meeting Mr. Cranch explained to us at Dr. Tufts’s, the Machines that are used in the Mines of Coal in New Castle, and of Tin, in Cornwal, to convey up Water from the Bottom of the Mine. They go upon the Principles of elastic Air and rarefyed Vapour. They have hollow Globes of plated Iron, or of Copper, which will hold some...