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 Dandridge Custis Washington was born into a family of nine children on June 2, 1731. Her father and his brothers were immigrants from England to Virginia. John Dandridge, Martha Washington's father, was a wealthy plantation owner in Virginia. Martha was taught many lady-like duties to do as a young woman by her mother, but she found most of her childhood joys in riding horses, climbing trees, playing the spinet, dancing, gardening, and sewing.