Statistics for occurrence #1 of “New-England” in chapter 14 of HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855.:
...ape or ribbon on the arm or hat, for gentlemen; and black ribbon and necklace, for ladies; and we will discountenance the giving of gloves and scarfs at funerals.
This resolve suddenly changed the New-England customs; and the new customs then introduced continue to hold their place.
Festival Days.--These were too fashionable in the mother country to be popular here.
There were some holidays, of Amer...
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