Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 289
The Monmouthcaps were worth twoshillings each, whichwere furnished tothe Massachusettscolonists. Thesewere much affectedby seafaring men.We read, in A Satyron Sea Officers^ WithMonmouth cap andcutlass at my side,striding at least ayard at every stride.The Ballad of theCaps, 1656, givesa wonderful… … Caps and Beavers in Colonial Days 221 The Cap that Fools do countenance.The goodly Cap of Maintenance, And any Cap what ere it be, Is still the sign of some degree. The sickly Cap both plaine and wrought. The Fuddling-cap however bought, The quilted, furred, the velvet, satin, For which so many…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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