1Extracts from the Gazette, 1730 (Franklin Papers)
...went and hid himself in the Barn among some Straw, for several Hours, while his Master and the...
2Poor Richard, 1733 (Franklin Papers)
Who quarrel for a Straw.
3An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places, [15 November 1744] (Franklin Papers)
...Glass Bottle (a Florence Flask stript of the Straw is best) place it before the Fire,...
4A Journal of my Journey over the Mountains began Fryday the 11th. of March 1747/8 (Washington Papers)
...found it to be nothing but a Little Straw—Matted together without Sheets or any thing else...
5[Diary entry: 15 March 1748] (Washington Papers)
...found it to be nothing but a Little Straw—Matted together without Sheets or any thing else...
6[April 1748] (Washington Papers)
Last Night was a blowing & Rainy night. Our Straw catch’d a Fire that we were laying upon &...Straw
7[Diary entry: 2 April 1748] (Washington Papers)
Last Night was a blowing & Rainy night. Our Straw catch’d a Fire that we were laying upon &...
8[Diary entry: 6 April 1748] (Washington Papers)
...d in a very heavy Rain. We got under a Straw House untill the Worst of it was over & then...
9From George Washington to Richard, 1749–1750 (Washington Papers)
...lay down before the fire upon a Little Hay Straw Fodder or bairskin which ever is to be had...
10Opinions and Conjectures, [29 July 1750] (Franklin Papers)
...Leaf long narrow Strips the Breadth of a Straw; Place one of these Strips between two...