Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 93
wives. Finally the topishhead-gear was demanded in court, which the parsondeclared was offensive ; and so they bickered ontill a most unseemly hour, till ten oclock at night, as was proved by the watchman and rattleman com-ing about. Naturally they wished to go to bed at 60 Two Centuries of Costume… … Lady Mary Armine. nine oclock public service. The meetings werethen held in the parsons house, and held every day ;which may have been one reason why the settle-ment grew poorer. It matters little what was said,or how it ended, since it did not disrupt and disband Dress of the New England Mothers…
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