1Miscellaneous Business Memoranda, 1731 (Franklin Papers)
...(linen, calico, chintz, cambric, taffeta); mattresses, bolsters, and pillows; tea, both bohea...
2From George Washington to John Carlyle, 25 July 1756 (Washington Papers)
A flock-bed was a mattress stuffed with wool.
3Invoice from Richard Washington, 20 August 1757 (Washington Papers)
Tick was ticking, a fabric used to cover mattresses and pillows.
4Enclosure: Invoice to Robert Cary & Company, 20 July 1767 (Washington Papers)
...cases, which were stuffed with feathers or straw to form mattresses.
5Memorandum Books, 1772 (Jefferson Papers)
for bringg. down mattress 5/.
6[February 1778] (Adams Papers)
My Lodging was a Cott, with a double Mattress, a good Bolster, my own Sheets, and Blanketts...
71778. 14. Feb. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
My Lodging was a Cott, with a double Mattress, a good Bolster, my own Sheets, and Blanketts...
8To George Washington from Elias Boudinot, 2 March 1778 (Washington Papers)
...blanket watch coats, 100 shirts, and 8 mattresses were issued to officers at various locations...
9To George Washington from John Mitchell, 17 February 1780 (Washington Papers)
...-four pounds of “Curlad Hair,” presumably for mattress stuffing; £11.5 for “Worsted tuffs...
10Arthur Lee to Committee of Congress, 27 October 1780 (Madison Papers)
...Linnen, with two Iron travelling bedsteds, Mattresses & Sheets. The exact quantity of...