Always assumed the loss of the Brownlow family fortune could be attributed to Great-Aunt Agatha’s gin habit.

Turns out it was a dressmaker’s bill in Bath…

I laughed a bit when they wondered in Bridgerton whether Daphne should have a whole five new nightgowns to marry a Duke. Check out Miss Brownlow's 1818 wedding haul for a lesser wedding, including saucy nightwear (from Maria Edgeworth's letters). pic.twitter.com/ecTakJ6ssX

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