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Re: another material question
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Greg Stoner <[log in to unmask]>
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Information quoted from p. 262 of:  Textiles in America, 1650-1870 : a
dictionary based on original documents : prints and  paintings, commercial
records, American merchants' papers, shopkeepers' advertisements, and pattern
books with original swatches of cloth / Florence M. Montgomery. 1st ed. New
York : Norton, 1984.

HUMHUM (hammam, hamoene)

Plain cotton cloth of thick, stout texture woven in Bengal.  In 1767, Samuel
Rowland Fisher ordered "6/4 Humhums --30 /," and Philadelphia merchants
Kearny and Gilbert advertised this cloth in the April 20 and 27 issues of the
Pennsylvania Chronicle.

    It has been suggested that humhum resembled modern turkish toweling, that
it was coarse India cotton found only in wealthy homes, and that it was used
for general utility purposes such as toweling.

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Gregory H. Stoner
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Virginia Historical Society
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