Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 509
An old chronicler tells of his first dresspantaloons : The pantaloons, over which I woreboots, were of non-elastic corduroy. It would beunjust to the tailor to say that they fitted like my 6S Two Cell til lies of Costui skin, for thcv s;ir :i great deal closer. When I tookthem off my legs were like… … Playing Golf. 1810. like a continuation of hose and garter which wasbuttoned on the outside of the leg from the waistto the ankle. An old Quaker preacher, namedJonathan Kirkbride, born in 1739, lived to advancedage ; he put on trousers with great reluctance, andcomplained that they felt so slawny…
Clothing and dress
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