The Gainsborough hat and autumn fashions trend
A fashion roundup notes fall styles in hats gowns and accessories with new turbans flounced coats and visiting dresses. It traces the Gainsborough hat history linking Duchess Georgiana to evolving fashion and cites colorful plumes and velvet trims as current favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Lyons
Sarah
Bretelles
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Holy Land
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Reynolds
Georgiana Spencer
Duke of Devonshire
England
Devonshire
Lord Stormount
Paris
Kaspar Hauser Tale and Royal Conspiracy Recounted
A reader recalls Kaspar Hauser’s shadowed life, tying his fate to Baden’s royal family. The account claims Kaspar was the son of Karl and Stephanie, buried in Baden-Baden, and connects a christening robe to his story while detailing Hauser’s mysterious life and death in 1833.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baden-Baden
Kaspar Hauser
Fraulein A
Baden
Karl
Stephanie
Ludwig
Balen
Mannheim
Kaspar
Kasper Hauser
Nuremberg
Prof. Daumer
Lord Stanhope
England
Anspach
Daumer
Karlsruhe
Germany
A Tribute to Helen Jackson Wil
A portrait of Helen Jackson Wil who loved beauty and critiqued imperfection with frank candor. Her illness began with disgust and harsh scorn calling it a career of disgrace, yet she showed fortitude amid afflictions.
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Helen Jackson
Wil
Old Virginia Tobacco Currency and Trade in Colonies
In colonial days tobacco functioned as currency and shaped commerce in Virginia. Records show tobacco purchases even influenced philosophy and politics, with taxes, dowries, and marriages tied to tobacco sums. Markets centered in Richmond Petersburg Danville and Lynchburg with cake tobacco dominant and German snuff uses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Jefferson
Fitzgerald
Old England
Richmond
Petersburg
Danville
Lynchburg
Maine
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
Baltimore
The Lady on Horseback in Proper Riding Attire
Guidance on ladies horsemanship outlines proper dress a plain habit or simple skirt with a dark basque and minimal underskirts. Reins held in the left hand with a relaxed elbow, whip carried as a pen, and balance kept without reliance on the stirrup.
Plated article ice cream and a ship christening note
A collection of humorous clippings notes witty verse and jokes. It mentions a vessel christening by Lady Campbell with tonnage 1830 and six guns, plus brief quips on Socrates socks and English papers. It also recounts anecdotes about weddings etiquette German industry and Rev Dr Trench curling into humorous reflections.
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Socrates
Helloware
Lady Campbell
Theodore Hook
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Fashions
New York
London
Gainsborough Hat
Fashion Notes
Newport
Louis Swinburne
Princeton Review
the Lady ON Horseback
Plenteougnesa
Yonkers Gazette
Rome
Tama
Bosten
Yona
Angelina
Boston Courier
Estelline Bell
Krupps
Essen
Dr. Trench
Tuam
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