Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co., ltd. · leaf 370
u J Lady Russel in Widows Dress. and her husband s letters. No wonder that by her death her husbandslife was wholly shattered. Being methodical andconventional even in grief he ordered due mourning — this not only in garments for outer wear but blacktaffety Night-cloathes, with black Night-capps,… … 654 Two Centuries of Costume the thread was not also black. It tells his sincerityof grief to know that he never married again; thisat a time when all men remarried. And yet hismarriage to this wife had been almost a matter ofsale and purchase. She was a ward in chancery, andwas disposed of to him…
Costume · United States -- Social Life and Customs · United States -- Social life and customs To 1775
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