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Poughkeepsie Journal, New York, August 7 1816
Ladies who are accustomed to wear their dresses extremely low in the back and bosom or off the shoulders, are particularly requested to beware of a person who has for some time past frequented all places...   High-res

Poughkeepsie Journal, New York, August 7 1816

Ladies who are accustomed to wear their dresses extremely low in the back and bosom or off the shoulders, are particularly requested to beware of a person who has for some time past frequented all places of public amusement, and many private parties.

…when he observes a lady dressed in the manner above described, is, with an almost imperceptible and apparently accidental pressure of a little instrument which he carries in his hand, to imprint the following words upon her back or shoulders - Naked, but not ashamed. 

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