The Lincoln County Historical Association’s Chapman-Hall House Stewardship Committee plans to provide an opportunity to observe women’s and men’s fashion styles from 1750 through the late 1820s.

“Dressing for Tea with Ms. Chapman,” a Zoom program, is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 5. The program will provide historical information on tea-making as well as details on the changing fashions of the day, according to a press release from the company.

By 1840, when England’s 7th Duchess of Bedford raised it to a more formal teatime, stopping for tea with friends or family had already become an established tradition. In 1754, Miriam Chapman, along with her husband Nathaniel, braved the wilderness of Maine’s unstable coast to establish a new home. Miriam was 47, but the Damariscotta colony was much younger.

Despite the lack of a bustling city in her new surroundings, chances are Miriam has found a friend to have tea with and chat about the fashions of the day, the company notes.

Those who register for the online event will receive traditional tea recipes, a list of tea varieties popular in the 18th and 19th centuries, and a list of foods suitable for any early American tea, all sent by email.

“Dressing for Tea with Mrs. Chapman” is a perk for the historic Chapman-Hall House in Damariscotta. Registration costs $15.

Chapman-Hall House is one of three historic sites maintained by the Lincoln County Historical Association, a non-profit organization that provides stewardship of the Chapman-Hall House from 1754, the Pownalborough Courthouse from 1761 to Dresden and the former prison and museum from 1811 in Wiscasset.

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For registration and more information, visit lincolncountyhistory.com, email [email protected] or call 207 882-6817.