18th Century Bonnets

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Rowan's Bonnet


Pennsylvania Gazette Index

From the Pennsylvania Gazette Online Archive. Since this list was compiled there has turned up evidence of one oilcloth bonnet from the same source in 1785.

Pennsylvania Gazette Runaway Servants - Bonnet Colour Mentioned

Year of Ad

Black

White

Blue

Lt. Blue

Green

Red

Brown

Purple

1738- 1769

50

10

1

1

1

-

1

-

1770- 1783

52

9

2

3

4

1

3

1

 

Penn. Gaz. Runaway Servants - Lining Colour Mentioned

Year of Ad

White

Blue

Green

Red

Black

1738 – 1769

2

1

1

2

1

1770- 1783

6

4

-

1

-

 

Penn. Gaz. Runaway Servants - Fabric Type mentioned

Year of Ad

Silk

Various Silks*

Linen+

Check Linen

Platt^^

Velvet

1738– 1769

20

15

5

2

3

1

1770– 1783

25

11

5

1

-

-

*Sattin, Taffety, Pelong, Mantua, Paduasoy

+of the linen bonnets mentioned, 1 no colour, 8 white, 3 check, 1 lye-coloured

^^ Probably braided straw

Penn. Gaz. Runaway Servants - Style Mentioned

Year of Ad

Bath

Jocky*

Alamode

Mode

Whalebone

Fly

1738 – 1769

7

2

1

-

5

1

1770 – 1783

-

-

1

3

4

-

*Both Jocky bonnets are also Bath bonnets

Penn. Gaz. Runaway Servants - White Bonnets Mentioned

Year of Ad

Bonnet

Silk

Linen

Straw

Sarsnet*

1738 – 1769

2

3

4

1

-

1770 – 1783

3

1

4

-

1

*fine gauze-like white silk (Montgomery)

 

 

 

 

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