1 Peter Collinson to John Bartram, 17 Feb. 1737, WMQ2, 6 (1926), 304.

2 The conventional sources for costume are inventories of estates; even better evidence is to be found in household account books. A particularly rich trove of information for this subject is the John Haynes Book of Household Expences, 1631-43, Ms. 36 DEVRO.