Society notes on fashion and Paris envy during rain soaked golf days
A vivid, fragmented letter recounts rainy golf outings, couture obsessions, and a social whirl around Cousin Marie in New York and Long Island. The writer describes Parisian gowns, salon talk, and the lure of elegant rooms, with details on fabric, trims, and a stylish rose motif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dimgrane
Ociety
Deventer Couste Marie
Long Leland
Marie
Eeq
Lee
Berauis
Olesia
Memorial for Margaret Fuller at Point o' Woods
Fire Island memory piece recounts the 1850 shipwreck of the Elizabeth off Leghorn and the family of Marchioness Margaret Fuller Oswell. It notes the plan for a monument at Point o' Woods funded by subscription led by Mrs Buike, with Mrs Lite Devereux Blake prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Island
Niles
Elizabeth
Leghorn
Italy
New York
Margaret Fuller Oswell
Stallen
Angela
Margaret Fuller
Margaret
Marquis
Point of Wood
Mra Lite Devereux Blake
Eruet
Pointo Woods
Elizebeth
Margaret Pulier
Wands
Point O' Weeds
Village Improvement Society
America
Canebridge
Marsgaret Fuller
George Sand
George Eliot
Nore
Mary Wollstonecraft
John Stuart Milva
Woman's Odd Little Ways by Tabitha Sourgrapes
A four year old girl Lechita Van Hebrides writes a plea for meddling and social clubs in a candid letter to cousin Tetty. The piece catalogs her mother's reforms and "meddling" activities as she funds social work, slumming with rich ladies, and support for the poor, while the child aspires to collect more meddle items and mimic her mother's public role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herett
Desale Norris
Suck van Tyne
Dick Cails
Charles van Hebrides
Lechita
Missy
Guriie
Tetty
Cocsin Tetty
Gmi
Crubs
Dees
Empire SC
Smilie
Campbell
Mamma
The Cavaline Jacket in Eton Style Origins
A fashion notice describes a Cavaline jacket inspired by Charles I era yet tailored for a slender woman. It features a deep red breastnut fabric, a yellow face collar, bows of bisque velvet, and gold aiguillette trim. The piece pairs with blue or silver shades and emphasizes tailored elegance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Charles I
Child’s Queer Tangle Over Queen Victoria Greeting
In a jumbled, antiquated text fragment a young woman Dorothy Drew faces a confusing, constrained greeting to Queen Victoria. The narrative hints at mixed signals and awkward demand for propriety amid family guidance and social expectations.
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Kate
Clyde
Jender
Jean
Marie le
Renwick
Jack
Eyt
Benntes
Wued Alam
Anwe Gny
I Happen
Ling
Hoatess
Paris
Oman
Besson
Ee , Fuller
Parfor Tecture
Rite
Boston
Mise Fuller
Emerson
England
Jove
Margaret Puller
Alice W. Mortimer
Levalide-Perret
Sunqurb
Oatee Dineen
Mins Fuller
New Yorks
Horace Greeley
Tribune
Greeley
Horace Gresley
Tabitha Sourgrapes
Chere Eam Boterides
Bers
Slory
Len
Papa
Terry
Marrid
Siety
Memma
Digger
Cecilia van Hebeides
P. S
Americs
Cissy
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