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As America's first historical society, the Massachusetts Historical Society has collected family materials since 1791, including long-cherished pieces of clothi

In the first half of the nineteenth century, rural New England society underwent a radical transformation as the traditional household economy gave way to an en

By the middle of the century, men were prompted to disdain the decadent and gaudy colors of the pre-Revolutionary period and wear unrelievedly black frock coats