Mary Harriet Beaty, my husband's great-great-grandmama born in 1807 and Sarah Berry, my great-great-grandmother, born in 1809 may have worn fashions like these.
Before cutting, glue the doll to stiff paper and name her after your great-great-grandmother.
The busk board, under her left hand, was slipped into a casing through an opening in the bottom of her stay. You may wish to make your own paper casing and slide the busk in place. See Past Patterns #001 in the Andrew Jackson era for a close up of the stay.
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