1Vergennes to the American Commissioners, 18 December 1778: résumé (Franklin Papers)
...Calais. They are a packet containing twelve tablecloths, twelve knives, and twelve iron forks...
2From George Washington to John Mitchell, 17 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
For Mitchell’s previous sending of trunks and tablecloths to GW, see
3To George Washington from John Mitchell, 21 February 1779 (Washington Papers)
, in which he inquired about four missing tablecloths. For Mitchell’s previous sending of the
4From George Washington to Major General Nathanael Greene, 8 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
John Mitchell’s mention of his efforts to obtain tablecloths for GW in ...of the tablecloths...
5To George Washington from William Gardner, 16 August 1779 (Washington Papers)
...the invoice listed table service items—such as tablecloths, napkins (some listed with the note...
13 fine tablecloths5 tablecloths for the kitchen
7To Benjamin Franklin from François Steinsky, 3 August 1783 (Franklin Papers)
The small tablecloth that Steinsky had sent in 1781:
8Memorandum Books, 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Pd. Robertson for 3 pr. sheets, 3. tablecloths, 15 towels £14–1–3.
9Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 9 October 1794 (Washington Papers)
...see n.1), but omits the tents. Nineteen damask tablecloths and five breakfast tablecloths were...
10Thomas Boylston Adams to Abigail Adams, 12 December 1794 (Adams Papers)
purchase for her are not known but apparently included tablecloths and sheeting.