Plate 57.

Costume of 1825: gown, shawl, bonnet, and veil; showing how veils were then worn. The veil was made by Mary Bacon (Mrs. Chauncey Whittlesey; see Plate 71 and description). Lent by Mrs. Edward W. Preston, of Roxbury, Connecticut. (From Chronicles of a Pioneer School , by E. N. Vanderpoel.)