1To Benjamin Franklin from William Shipley, 13 September 1755 (Franklin Papers)
...Cultivation of Vines 2 Sesamune 3 Gossipium 4. Mulberry Trees 5 Cochineal, 6 Hemp and Flax 7...
2From Benjamin Franklin to Ebenezer Kinnersley, with Associated Papers, 20 February 1762 (Franklin Papers)
...22 miles west of Charleston. Here he planted mulberry trees as part of a silkworm...
3From Benjamin Franklin to Peter Templeman, 12 August 1763 (Franklin Papers)
...Arts offered premiums for the cultivation of mulberry trees in Georgia and the Carolinas, but...
4Poor Richard Improved, 1765 (Franklin Papers)
...as Pennsylvania. In Italy, One Hundred Mulberry Trees, well grown, are worth £100 Sterling...
5[March 1765] (Washington Papers)
...of the Mount Vernon documents. GW purchased four young paper mulberry trees,
6[Diary entry: 5 March 1765] (Washington Papers)
...of the Mount Vernon documents. GW purchased four young paper mulberry trees,
7Gottfried Achenwall: Some Observations on North America from Information of Dr. Franklin, [July 1766] (Franklin Papers)
...region there is good hope for silk, as mulberry trees can grow even in New England. The...
8From Benjamin Franklin to Cadwalader Evans, 7 September 1769 (Franklin Papers)
...by the Assembly for promoting the growth of Mulberry Trees in all Parts of the Province, the...
9Marginalia in [Josiah Tucker], A Letter from a Merchant, [1770?] (Franklin Papers)
...setting out;—though most undeniably the white Mulberry-Trees can thrive as well on my Grounds...
10To Benjamin Franklin from Benjamin Gale, 10 December 1770 (Franklin Papers)
..., are Engagd to promote the Culture of Mulberry Trees, in Nurseries from the Seed, in...
11[February 1771] (Adams Papers)
...here, and cultivated for Exportation. The Mulberry Tree succeeds as well in our Climate and...
12Fryday Feby. 7 [i.e. 8?]. 1771. (Adams Papers)
...here, and cultivated for Exportation. The Mulberry Tree succeeds as well in our Climate and...
13From Benjamin Franklin to Cadwalader Evans, 18 July 1771 (Franklin Papers)
...in the Province of Chekiang “they prune their Mulberry Trees once a year as we do our Vines...
14To Benjamin Franklin from ——— de l’Auréole, with Franklin’s Note for a Reply, and Other Applicants for Emigration, 11 … (Franklin Papers)
...aspects of the trade, from cultivating mulberry trees to constructing looms. Their silk...
15February—1785 (Washington Papers)
Planted all the Mulberry trees, Maple trees, & Black gums in my Serpentine walks...
16[Diary entry: 28 February 1785] (Washington Papers)
Planted all the Mulberry trees, Maple trees, & Black gums in my Serpentine walks...
17Notes of a Tour of English Gardens, [2–14 April] 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
...We cut off a chip according to custom. A mulberry tree that he planted has been cut down, and...
18[April 1786] (Adams Papers)
...off a Chip according to the Custom. A Mulberry Tree that he planted has been cutt down,...
19[Notes on a Tour of English Country Seats, &c., with Thomas Jefferson, 4–10? April 1786.] (Adams Papers)
...off a Chip according to the Custom. A Mulberry Tree that he planted has been cutt down,...
20Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 23 July 1786 (Adams Papers)
...they did Mr Garrick,) made out of a mulberry Tree, which Shakespear planted with his own...
21Notes of a Tour into the Southern Parts of France, &c., 3 March–10 June 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
...part of the country. The leaves of a Mulberry tree will sell for about 3,₶ the purchaser...
22To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 29 November 1788 (Jefferson Papers)
...are grass, Indian corn, wheat, vines, mulberry trees and in one small part olive trees....
23Circuit Court Diary, 16 April–30 May 1790 (Jay Papers)
...integrated the cultivation of mulberry trees and silkworm hatcheries within their...
24VIII. Jefferson’s Vocabulary of the Unquachog Indians, [14 June 1791] (Jefferson Papers)
— mulberry tree. accacúmenoc.
25Enclosure: Constant Southworth to William Williams, 1 September 1791 (Hamilton Papers)
The culture of the Mulberry tree and raising of Silk has been attended to, by......Mulberry tree...
26To George Washington from George Augustine Washington, 8–9 April 1792 (Washington Papers)
Bundle of Mulberry trees & 3 fowl’s—they appear to be in good...
27Enclosure: John A. De Normandie to Thomas Jefferson, 24 May 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
...no damage, but resorted under some Italien Mulberry trees, and settled on the ground where...
28To George Washington from Samuel Meredith, 1 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
...to Mr Lears request 100 White Mulberry Trees taken out of Aspinwalls Nursery, they...
29From George Washington to Anthony Whitting, 11 November 1792 (Washington Papers)
The mulberry trees may be planted about in clumps, as mentioned in......100 white mulberry trees...
30To George Washington from Anthony Whitting, 16 January 1793 (Washington Papers)
...House they have bark’d most of the Mulberry trees & will if Snow should Cover the Ground...
31To George Washington from James Anderson (of Scotland), 15 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
...particularly interested in the cultivation of mulberry trees in an effort to establish...
32To Thomas Jefferson from Willem H. van Hasselt, 20 June 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...the success I wish: all the white mulberry trees in America, without exception, are wild...
33From Thomas Jefferson to Willem H. van Hasselt, 29 August 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...going to France, to obtain the particular Mulberry tree (Murier-Rose) which you deem necessary...
34To Thomas Jefferson from William Hamilton, 7 July 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
...papyrifesa vulgarly called paper mulberry tree & Mimosa abrisia or silk tree of...
35John Threlkeld to Thomas Jefferson, [8 March 1809] (Jefferson Papers)
mulberry tree.
36To James Madison from William Wirt, 10 July 1809 (Madison Papers)
...efforts made in the 1770s to plant mulberry trees in Pennsylvania and convert raw silk into...
37Thomas Jefferson to Silvain Godon, 21 May 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
mulberry; trees [index entry]
38To John Jay from William Wilberforce, 18 July 1810 (Jay Papers)
...behind it, & several old trees, Walnut & Mulberry trees, of thick foliage, I can sit & read...
39Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Poplar Forest Plantings and Geography, 1 February 1811–6 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Clay, Charles; and mulberry trees [index entry]
40Nathaniel G. M. Senter to Thomas Jefferson, 19 May 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
for a land grant in order to cultivate mulberry trees for silk production in
41Joseph Slaughter’s Survey of the Poplar Forest Curtilage, 5 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
On this date TJ had some aspen and mulberry trees planted at
42Thomas Jefferson to Charles Clay, 18 November 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
Clay, Charles; and mulberry trees [index entry]
43Christopher Hudson to Thomas Jefferson, 8 March 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
mulberry; trees [index entry]
44Isaac A. Coles to Thomas Jefferson, 9 March 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
...TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife); and mulberry trees for I. A. Coles [index entry]
45Felix Pascalis to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
...Directions for Silkworm Nurseries, and for the Culture of the Mulberry Tree
46Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, [by 17] January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
mulberry; trees [index entry]