Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 294
The kinship of the wordspocket and placket is not very well known.At first, apparently, a placket was this pocket sewedinto the gown or petticoat. We read in an oldplay, For fear of cut-purses shell sweep it intoher plackerd. Then the word plackert wasapplied as now to the opening, not the pocket.… … A Pair of Pockets. Here is the copy of the clause of a letter fromEsther Duche in London to her aunt, Mrs. JohnMorgan in Philadelphia, Pa., April 19, 1782. It is with great pleasure, my dear Aunt, that after sucha length of time I have now an opportunity of writing toyou. My Sister is sitting by me…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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