Title:
'Portrait of Sir John Leverett, in buff coat and plain soldier's band', 1640-1660, (1937). Creator: Unknown.
Caption:
'Portrait of Sir John Leverett, Governor or Massachusetts Colony, showing buff coat and plain band of a soldier in reign of Charles I', 1640-1660, (1937). John Leverett (1616 -1679) English colonial magistrate, merchant, soldier and penultimate governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. From "History of American Costume - Book One 1607-1800", by Elisabeth McClellan. [Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1937]