. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . relikewise the montero-cap, the English and Ameri-can Quakers. Thomas Ellwood, in the early daysof his Quaker belief, suffered much for his hat, bothfrom his fellow Quakers and his father, a Church ofEngland man. The Quakers thought his largeMountier cap of black velvet, the skirt of whichbeing turned up in Folds looked somewhat abovethe common Garb of a Quaker. A young priestat another time snatched this montero-cap off be- Caps and Beavers in Colonial Days 223 cause he wore it in the presence of magistrates, andthen Ellwoods father fell
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . relikewise the montero-cap, the English and Ameri-can Quakers. Thomas Ellwood, in the early daysof his Quaker belief, suffered much for his hat, bothfrom his fellow Quakers and his father, a Church ofEngland man. The Quakers thought his largeMountier cap of black velvet, the skirt of whichbeing turned up in Folds looked somewhat abovethe common Garb of a Quaker. A young priestat another time snatched this montero-cap off be- Caps and Beavers in Colonial Days 223 cause he wore it in the presence of magistrates, andthen Ellwoods father fell upon it in this wise : — He could not contain himself but running upon mewith both hands, first violently snatcht off my Hat andthrew it away andthen giving mesome buffets inthe head saidSirrah get you upto your had now lostone hat and hadbut one next Timemy Father saw iton my head hetore it violentlyfrom me and laidit up with theother, I know notwhere. Where-fore I put myMountier Capwhich was all Ihad left to wearon my head, and. Fulke Greville (Lord Brooke). but a little while I had that, for when my Father camewhere I was, I lost that also. Finally the father refused to let him wear his Hive, as he called the hat, at the table while eating,and thereafter Ellwood ate with his fathers servants. The vogue of beaver hats was an important factorin the settlement of America. 224 Two Centuries of Costume The first Spanish, Dutch, English, and Frenchcolonists all came to America to seek for gold andfurs. The Spaniards found gold, the Dutch andFrench found furs, but the English who found fishfound the greatest wealth of all, for food is evermore than raiment. Of the furs the most important and most valuablewas beaver. The English sent some beaver back toEurope; the very first ship to return from Plymouthcarried back two hogsheads. Winslow sent twentyhogsheads as early as 1634, and Bradford shows thatthe trade was deemed important. But the wild crea-tures speedily
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