Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 301
ofmen who werehanged weregiven to thehangman al-most as long ashangings tookplace. A poorNew Englandgirl, hanged forthe murder ofher child, wentto the scaffoldin her mean-est attire, andtaunted the ex-ecutioner thathe would get but a poor suit of clothes from her. Thelast woman hanged in… … Thomas Cecil. Caps and Beavers in Colonial Days 231 Hats of Sundrie Fations Sometymes they vse them sharpe on the Croune, peark-ing vp like the Spire, or Shaft of a Steeple, standyng aquarter of a yarde aboue the Croune of their heades, somemore, some lesse, as please the phantasies of their…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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