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Colonial Massachusetts Sumptuary Law 1636, prohibiting lace.
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English: "Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England" in the Massachusetts state archives provides early laws and court records, including a series of sumptuary laws, this is the 1636 law. This particular highlight shows the lace rules and penalty for lace makers, tailors, and forbidding anyone from wearing lace. |
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| Source | https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/802285 |
| Author | Publisher: William White, Printer to the Commonwealth. 1853 |
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