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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 beginning in 1634. This particular highlight shows the lace rules, but continues to describe slashes on clothing as well.
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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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Record of the 1634 Sumptuary law banning lace and fancy garments in colonial America

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