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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 280

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st ^25.Others were said to cost$50. They would lastfor years, with annualcleaning and re-pressinginto new forms. Hatsmade of shavings wereworn in the year 1800. In 1751 Harriot Paine had for sale in BostonSaxon blue silk and Hair Hatts, black horsehair& Leghorn hatts, and in 1753 Black &… … Lavinia Hat. A 574 Two Centuries of Costume a little suggestion of contemporary historical eventsand persons by such names as Quebeck Hats andGarrick Hats. We know prices also, Womenschipt Hats 60s. O.T. per doz. in 1764, and 4s. 6d.apiece, O.T. in 1767. The Salem Gazette adver-tised, in July,…

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