Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 40
itans; yet his hatred of corruptionsdesiring reformation did not lead him to a hatredof dress in itself He is careful to state in detail inthe body of his book and in his preface that his at-tack is not upon the dress of people of wealth andstation ; that he approves of rich dress for the rich.His… … Governor Simon Bradstreet. reproof is for swindling in dress materials and dress-making; against false weights and measures, adul-terations and profits; in short, against abuses, notuses. His words run thus explicitly: — Whereas I have spoken of the excesse in apparell, andof the Abuse of the same…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
Internet Archive · New York Public Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
