11Editorial Note on Franklin’s Accounts, 1783 (Franklin Papers)
...the carriages, and materials for assembling a mattress for “jaques.” In August he...
1 blue and white mattress1 blue and white mattress
13To George Washington from Thomas Richardson, 27 June 1784 (Washington Papers)
...£37.11.2 went to Amelia Taylor for making the mattresses (
14To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Jr., 3 December 1784 (Franklin Papers)
is known to have tried was having a mattress placed in a carriage. This did nothing to relieve...
15To Thomas Jefferson from William Short, 7 November 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
held the 8 mattresses. ...large crimson chairs, 9 woollen blankets and a servant’s mattress;
16Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 9 October 1794 (Washington Papers)
...“Hair Mattrass & Feather Pillow,” two other mattresses with pillows, “1 Marquee Complete,” and...
17From George Washington to Henry Knox, 2 March 1797 (Washington Papers)
...upholstery included bed pillows, 4 hair mattresses, window curtains, and “Venetian Windw...
18To James Madison from James Monroe, 6 February 1798 (Madison Papers)
We send you two mattresses—one of hair & another of wool. 4. dozen...
19Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 17 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
Beds with sacking bottoms featured mattress bases of large pieces of canvas laced to strips of...
20Mary Smith Cranch to Abigail Adams, 19 January 1800 (Adams Papers)
...been between the […] & between the Bed & Mattress & under it. they had […] eat the...