Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1851-07-16
Americans at the Queens Ball.

An English gentleman who was present at the
Queens Fancy Ball, on the night of June ID, sends
the following of the costumes of those Amer
leans who appeared on the occasion, to the n. Y
Tribune:
His Excellency, the American Minister Hon. Alb
bott Lawrence, appeared as John Winthrop, Cover
nor of Connecticut from 1867 to 1876. lie wore
very handsome dress of dark blue velvet, richly
trimmed with gold lace, maroon colored cloak and
golden badrck, with sword-hgh boots of russell
leather, edged with point uce-black felt hat with
white cockade and a plume This costume was adj
mrably suited TO the fine and portly figure OF the
Minister, who looked remarkably well in it.
The dress of Mrs. Abbott Lawrence was very be-
coming She represented Anna Dudley wife of
Governor Brudstreet train of brown satin was
lined with pomona green satin ribbons pearls; dia-
monds and emeralds the body and sleeves were
fastened in spaces with emeNlds, diamonds ard
pearls over fine lawn chemisette the girdle was of
rubics and pearls petticoat of rich scarlet damask
with broad gold border ON each side Of feather
trimming of rare American bird on the head, en-
erads, diamonds and gold acorns, over which was
long scarf veil, fastened up ON one side with
n diamond ehgle
Col. 7. b. Lawrence represented Cecil Lord Bal
liu0re, Governor of the Colony of Maryland at the
Time of the Restoration. lie wore doublet and
trunks of crimson velvet, trimmed with gold lace and
opened with white satin mantle and badrick OF inn
perial blue velvet heavily embroidered in gold collar
wrist and knee rules of real point lace "Chevalier
hat with scarlet pIumes the cockade Topped up with
diamonds This was very rich dress, and had as
NAV be supposed, a magnificent effect.
Mr. James Lawrence appeared as Gov. Nichols
the first English Governor of New York, appointed
by Charles the Second in 1864. The dress display
ed great Judgment and from the rosette on the shoe
TO the mnutest ribbon was accurate
Mr. Bancroft Davis personifed William Penn tho
founder of PENNSYLVANIA selecting, of course, the
lier years of that great man. The breeches and Goa
were of Il dark violet velvet trimmed with blue ; darl
silk stockings with high-heeled russell shoes; scare
baldrick and high crowned hat with feathers Iii
dress was perfectly quiet but nevertheless was ad
mirably chosen.
Col Van Allen presented himself in the Royal pres
ence rs Gov. Petrus Stuyvesant OF NewNetherland;
and the splendid materials of which the costum
was composed, green velvet and gold, created no oil
= binary amount of attention. The mantle OF Grim
G son velvet was heavily embroidered in gold, worke
in pattern of great beauty the wrist and knee ru
flies were of costly lace aud the sword, IN scabbar
of crimson velvet was relieved with FURNISHED go'
h Hon Ashbel Smith, formerly Texan Minister
this Court appeared Spanish Grandee, in a yer
elegant Court COSTUME of the times. IL was conslC
cred essentially necessary TO pay great attentio
from the period selected for This baD to the HAN
O ladies Then cherished heartbreakers and gentleme
II oye-locks and your countrymen did not omit du
Difference to the choice of their wigs, and which al
AZ dition assure you, materially altered some pei
10 ple that it Il matter OF no ordinary dllhculiy
e. recognize them
~ Tbe dresses of the Marquis of Clauricarde, Lol
of Ernest Bruce, Duke of Wellington, Warehouses
at Ailesbury La Comtesse Koucheleif Duke of No
IN folk and others too numerous 10 describe were We
i'm magnificent A. W.