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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 106

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carrymg a mon-strous muff, notat all to theliking of sober,decorous Bostonfolk. Yet suchneed not havebeen the case;for in 1725 Dr.Prince lost his black bearskinmuff, and ad-vertised for it ina Boston news-paper. NowDr. Prince was y:i,» ^ -,><;Hs>a:■^.7•,;,»■lt^^ … Mans Muff. From Hogarth. the honored minister at the Old South Church, a Puritan, severe and solemn of countenance, if we 447 44^ Two Centuries of Costume can trust his portrait, and anything but a foolishdandy; yet he, too, carried a muff, as did othersober Boston gentlemen ; another one lost a…

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