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.
Martha Jefferson died 18 years before Thomas Jefferson was elected President in 1800. Her daughter Polly Jefferson Randolph on occasion served as hostess during the White House years. Both women are included in the biography and bibliography.