If you don't have a front-loading washing machine, go to the laundromat. Down comforters become heavy and bulky with water and can damage the balance of top-loading washing machines. Comforters can also become tangled and rip in washing machines that are too small.
Martha Washington died with a high fever of 105.3 and heart failure. She died at age 70, on May 22, 1802. She was depressed after George died and more of less wasted away.
Soon after her husband had died, Martha Coston and her sons moved back to Philadelphia to live with her mother; and soon thereafter, her youngest son became ill and passed away as well. It was not long after this, that her mother's health began to deteriorate, and despite Martha's great care, she too passed on.