Rules of Bath (1771) [ Practices ]
… requested of the company to comply with the following regulations: That ladies who dance minuets be dressed in a suit of clothes, or a full-trimmed sack, with lappets and dressed hoops, such as are usually worn at St James’s. It is requested … placed before the company, after the ball has begun. That gentlemen who dance minuets, do wear a full-trimmed suit of clothes, or French frock, hair or wig dressed with a bag. Officers in the navy or army in their uniforms are desired to …
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