The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg / An Account of His Barbering, Hair-dressing, & Peruke-Making Services, & Some Remarks on Wigs of Various Styles.

by Thomas K. Bullock; Maurice B. Tonkin

Elisabeth McClellan, Historic Dress in America, 1607-1800. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1904.

R. Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Costume. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1948.

——, The Mode in Hats and Headdress. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952.

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The Wigmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg, based largely on an unpublished monograph by Thomas K. Bullock and Maurice B. Tonkin, Jr., formerly of the Colonial Williamsburg research staff, assisted by Raymond R. Townsend, former researcher in crafts, was prepared with the editorial assistance of Thomas K. Ford, now retired as editor of Colonial Williamsburg publications. It was first published in 1959 and previously reprinted in 1965, 1968, 1971, and 1979.

Transcriber’s Notes

• Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
• Silently corrected a few palpable typos.
• In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.