Basque (clothing) Basque (clothing) A basque is an item of women's clothing. The term, of French origin, originally referred to types of bodice or jacket with long tails, and in later usage a long corset, characterized by a close, contoured fit and extending past the waistline over the hips. It is so called because the original French fashion for long women's jackets was adopted from Basque traditional dress. In contemporary usage it refers only to a long item of lingerie, in effect a brassiere that continues down, stopping around the waist or the top of the hips, the lower part essentially decorative
Edward John Phelps an ardent "anti-expansionist." President Grover Cleveland intended to appoint him as U.S. Chief Justice in 1888, but Phelps was concerned that his tenure as ambassador to the Court of St. James's in Great Britain would cause the Democratic Party to lose the support of Irish Americans, and he declined. In 1893, Phelps was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society. Phelps died in New Haven, Connecticut. Former Yale University president Timothy Dwight V eulogized Phelps. He was buried in Burlington's Greenmount Cemetery. Edward John Phelps married Mary S. Haight in 1847; the marriage produced 3 children: Edward Haight Phelps