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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de | Franklin, Benjamin | The Comte de Vergennes to Benjamin Franklin: A … | 1778-12-18 | 1. Diaper Towel. |
| 2 | Thaxter, John | Adams, John | I. John Thaxter’s Inventories of Household Furnishings … | ≈1782-05-14 | 11 towels |
| 3 | Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson | Adams, John Quincy | From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Quincy … | 1806-12-21 | ...to a sudden curent of air sett fire to a towel which was thrown over a Basket and in a few... |
| 4 | Treadway, Susanna Boylston Adams Clark | Adams, Sarah Smith | From Susanna Boylston Adams Clark Treadway to Sarah … | 1817-03-11 | ...without inconvenience, speak for a piece of Diaper towelling, for me? they make it so much... |
| 5 | Treadway, Susanna Boylston Adams Clark | Adams, Sarah Smith | From Susanna Boylston Adams Clark Treadway to Sarah … | 1815-05-04 | ...; the screws and key, are also sewed in the towel, I hope they will do no injury. the volume... |
| 6 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 17 July 1798 | 1798-07-17 | ...you to get me a peice of the plain Russia towelling. ...toweling take a receipt, for as thus “... |
| 7 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 18 April 1791 | 1791-04-18 | ...as to get me a dozen yds of diaper for towels I have not one there, and whatever else you... |
| 8 | Adams, Abigail | Cranch, Mary Smith | Abigail Adams to Mary Smith Cranch, 13 June 1798 | 1798-06-13 | ...would whiten me a cotton sheet or two & some towels which are in a trunk in the Garret. let... |
| 9 | Hamilton, Alexander | Hamilton, Elizabeth | From Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Hamilton, 12 … | 1794-08-12 | ...out, put in flannel & rubbed dry with towels. Immediately upon his being. taken out let... |
| 10 | Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph | Randolph, Martha Jefferson | Extract of Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge) to Martha … | 1817-08-18 | states that the towels previously sent were “a ‘heartsome sight’” but worries... |