Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 303
hepresence of royalty. Anhereditary honor and priv-ilege granted to one of myancestors was that he mightwear his hat before the king.It is somewhat difficultto find out the exact datewhen the wearing of hatsCornelius steinwyck. ^^ ^^^^ within-doors ceased to be fashionable and became distinctly low… … Caps and Beavers in Colonial Days 233 and in the presence of royalty wore their cockedhats — so much for courtly France. This wearing of the hat in church, at table, andelsewhere that seems now strange to us, was largelyas an emblem of dignity and authority. Miss Moorein the Caldwell Papers writes…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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