On November 5th, 1759 a boy child, 2 days of age was admitted to the Foundling Hospital, London.

In his billet he was described wearing the following items:

Cap-holland tirmmed with cambrick

Biggin-cambrick, trimmed with edging

Forhead-Cloth-Holland trimmmed with edging

Gown-Stript cotton blew and white

Blanket-flannel bound with nonsoprettey

Neckcloth-Holland

Roller-shaloon overcast with pink worsted

Waistcoat-callico

Shirt-Irish trimmed with long linnen

Clout-Diaper

A piece of the textile from the gown remains with the billet.  We were excited when we found a textile which is virtually identical to the original we examined.  It possesses the same thread count, thread weight and weave pattern, the same coloring and is only different in the fact that is is an all linen textile whereas the original was a linen warp with a cotton weft, a common fiber combination found throughout the billet textiles