Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 196
unty. This lonely farm, so sad in name,was the only dwelling-place in that region ; it was soremote that when Indian assault was daily feared, thegeneral court voted to station there a guard of sol-diers at public expense because the governor was somuch in the countrys service. He says… … Penelope Winslow. M ^s. A Vain Puritan Grandmother 147 robe unnecessary and unsuitable. The age andhealth of the wearer might generally be held to besufficient reason for indifference to such costly, deli-cate, and gay finery. When Madam Symonds wasfifty-eight years old, in 1674, her son wrote,…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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