Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1874-06-27
Clothing of " Seventy Six

LIE pbUplc VI blOsC Ulults NtiC itS-
pectfully clad. Their store of clothing
was abundant, many of the fabrics used
we're elegant, and the fashion of their
dress was frequently very stately. Pan
falcons were not yet in vogue, but in
stead there were breeches of leather,
buckskin, worsted, homespan, stocki-
net, black and brown brOadCloth, plush,
and velvet for winter and for summer
of linen, cotton, nankeen, white dinlity,
and drilling. Dress-coats, surtouts, and
great.coats were made of bear-skin,
buckskin, homespun, denim, wilton,
broadcloth, velvet, and sagathy "a kind
of serge) and cloaks of camlet, broad.
cloth, and kersey. Their vests were of
linen, twilled cotton, diaper, white dim
ity, serge, broadcloth, and velvet; their
gloves of leather and yarn their hats
Of felt, castor, and velvet their shirts
of linen, cotton, homespun, and tow
their stockings of wooden, cotton, and
linen. For boots and shoes almost ev-
cry householder had in his house whole
dressed calf-skins and sides of sole and
other leather, Such were the materials
of wnich the garments of the men Of
"Seventy y-six" were made; and they
bespeak comfort in every case, and dig
nifed responsibility in most. ,
The apparel of the lalies was still
more varied, and exhibits their charac-
teristic love of gay colors and delicate
fabrics. The assortment presented IN
these old inventories is fairly bewilder-
ing. Judging by them, the ladies' Of
those days must all have considered
caps and aprons indispensable to their
toilets, the humblest among them hav-
ing been the possessors of an indefnitt
number of each, the former, having
been made for the most part OF cam
brio, taffets, millinet, gau2e, and linen,
and the latter of lawn, holland-linen,
taffeta, muslin, miIlinet, down through
the gamut to check, homespun, and
tow. Their, hats, bonnets, and hoods
were of beaver, satin, aud bright col.
ored silks and velvets; their cloaks Of
worsted, broadcloth, camlet, gay-col
ored silks, white and black satin, pur
pie and black and blue velvet, and es
peeially of brilliant scarlet flannel o.
cloth. Their dresses were formed OF al
endless variety of materials. The com
mon short gown, which seems to have
been generally affected when they were
not in full toilet, was of kersey, hol
land linen, worsted, wilton, calamanc'
Ia stuff resembling prunella), check
homespun, and linsey-woolsey. Thel
long gowns were of check, striped cot
ton, worsted, striped homespun, calico
"boughten" calico, muslin, chintz, out
l side chintz lined with calico, white hol
land, blue and striped holland, blpc
: and blue duraut (the fabric known q
everlasting'D, groset, bombazine, blu
: and black russell Ga species OF hnseJ
!, woolsey), moreen, poplin, French tabby
! velvet, aud of lustestring, white, Grim
son. and other colQred silks aud satint
For the hands they wore gloves
thread, knit stuffs, silk, and leather
o their stockings were of thread, cottol
r muslin, yarn, linen, worsted, an
Q silk; and their shoes were OF clotl
e prunella, culamanco, leather, and sill
1t Shawls were of cloth, cashmere, IN
t, taffeta handkerchiefs and kerchie
} abounded in their wardrobes, and wei
N N of linen, cambria, tafeta, musli
" guaze, and Barcelona and other tn
A. silks, OF shifts and petticoats the
t supply was nearly inexheustible, son
N y ladies recounting the loss of twelve, f
" " teen. and twenty of each, the form
y having been constructed Of homesp'
L. and muslin, but chiefly of fine five al
in six hundred linen, and the latter
ID ID linsey, tow, flannel, kersey, dimit
Ii bombazine, and calamanco. - Harfe
or Magazine.