One and all will cry out ’Tis the fashion.
And as one and all agree that you’ll not married be
To such as will wear London factory
But at first sight refuse, till e’en such you do choose
As encourage our own manufactory.
Soon these frequent appeals, and the influence of the public and earnest revolt of the Sons of Liberty, resulted in a public compact of Boston women. It is thus recorded in the Boston press:—
The Boston Evening Post:—
Monday, February 12, 1770.
The following agreement has lately been come into by upwards of 300 Mistresses of Families in this Town; in which Number the Ladies of the highest rank and Influence, that could be waited upon in so short a Time, are included.
Boston, January 31, 1770.