1Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 17 July 1798 (Adams Papers)
...you to get me a peice of the plain Russia towelling. ...toweling take a receipt, for as thus “...
2III-A-2. Account of Items in the Estate Used by Martha Custis, 1759 (Washington Papers)
24 pillow Cases & Towels99 Napkins and Towels
3To Thomas Jefferson from Charles Willson Peale, 2 July 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
...said his practice was to wash with a coarse towel of a foot square, then rub dry with...
...two drawers to hold water for washing with a hand towel....pitcher for washing and a hand towel
5Extract of Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge) to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 18 August [1817], document 2 in a group of … (Jefferson Papers)
states that the towels previously sent were “a ‘heartsome sight’” but worries...
6General Orders, 14 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
...Stewart” for “making & marking of table Cloths towels” and includes the note, “Recd the above...
7Enclosure: Nicolas Louis Vauquelin’s Analysis of Green Tobacco, 12 January 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
, they were compressed in a towel to seperate all that was soluble. This operation was......towel...
8Invoice from Richard Washington, 20 August 1757 (Washington Papers)
1 ps. Huccabuck TowellingHuckaback is a loosely woven, soft cotton or linen towelling.
9To Thomas Jefferson from Martha Jefferson Randolph, 10 July 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
...exactly recollect what they were but sheets, towels counterpanes and tea china were I think...
1. Diaper Towel.