Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 418
rs had felt itnecessary to let fly also;to denounce wig-wearingfrom their pulpits. Thequestion could not be set-tled, since the ministersthemselves could not agree.John Wilson, the zealousBoston minister, wore one,and John Cotton (see page42) ; while Rev. Mr.Noyes preached long andoften against the… … Daniel Waldo. 330 Two Centuries of Costume Cotton Mather said, — and he labelled them a lux-urious feminine protexity ; but lamented late inlife that the lust for wigs is become insuperable.He thought the horrors in King Philips War werea direct punishment from God for wig-wearing. In-crease Mather…
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