1Poor Richard, 1739 (Franklin Papers)
If we were Wax, or Tallow by the Smell.
2An Account of the New Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Places, [15 November 1744] (Franklin Papers)
...upright, and does not blare and run the Tallow down, by drawing towards the Chimney, as...
3From Benjamin Franklin to [John Franklin], 2 April 1747 (Franklin Papers)
...be addressed to John Franklin (C.8), tallow chandler and soapmaker of Boston, rather than...
4Peter Kalm: Conversations with Franklin, 1750 (Franklin Papers)
...cause of it was the adulteration of the tallow by lard. Mr. Franklin admitted that he...
5Deed of Settlement of the Philadelphia Contributionship, 25 March 1752 (Franklin Papers)
...wit, Apothecaries, Chemists, Ship-Chandlers, Tallow Chandlers, Stable Keepers, Inn-holders,...
6From Benjamin Franklin to John Franklin, 8 December 1752 (Franklin Papers)
...may be used without the Gut, having only a little Tallow rubb’d over it, to smooth it and fill...
7From George Washington to Thomas Walker, 10 January 1756 (Washington Papers)
...at Fort Cumberland a sufficient allowance of Tallow, monthly. There are three thousand weight...
Provisions and tallow furnished soldiers
9From Benjamin Franklin to Jonathan Williams, 7 June 1756 (Franklin Papers)
Probably Edward Langdon (1698–1766), tallow chandler of Boston.
10From Benjamin Franklin to Jane Mecom, 21 May 1757 (Franklin Papers)
...to his uncle John Franklin as soapmaker and tallow chandler. His present “place” is not known...