"Polka spots" (1846)

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   The MOA (Mich.) search considers this as "polka spotvest" rather than "polka-spot vest."
   However, the MOA (Cornell) does have:

Samuel Manning Welch
HOME HISTORY: RECOLLECTIONS OF BUFFALO DURING THE DECADE FROM 1830 TO 1840, OR FIFTY YEARS SINCE 1890
Pg. 183:
   ...the Spittalfields (handkerchiefs--ed.) were dark wine color with splashes of what are called polka spots in lighter color...