Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 40
itans ; yet his hatred of corruptionsdesiring reformation did not lead him to a hatredof dress in itself. He is careful to state in detail inthe body of his book and in his preface that his at-tack is not upon the dress of people of wealth andstation ; that he approves of rich dress for the… … Governor Simon Bradstreet. reproof is for swindling in dress materials and dress-making; against false weights and measures, adul-terations and profits ; in short, against abuses, notuses. His words run thus explicitly : — Whereas I have spoken of the excesse in apparell, andof the Abuse of the…
Clothing and dress
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