See 1820. (1591, &c., N.E.D.)
1800. Such is the desire for foreign articles, that we would rather go naked than wear a Home-spun shirt, jacket, or breech-clout.—Letter from “Simon Slim” in The Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer, May 7.
1809. Mr. Bacon left Pittsfield in a suit of “Home-spun.”—Mass. Spy, Dec. 6.
1818. So passing the store, he [the young lawyer] resolved to rub on in home-spun clothes until he had earned better, which soon happened—and they wore well.—M. Birkbeck, ‘Letters from Illinois,’ p. 71 (Phila.).
1820. I could name several of our most distinguished public characters, who make it a rule to wear no cloth which is not manufactured in their own families; and in the event of such a war as is anticipated for us, that patriotism which has always distinguished the American ladies would glow with its wonted energy, and the world would soon learn that their ingenuity is equal to their scorn of dependence.—James Hall, ‘Letters from the West,’ p. 68 (Lond.).
1856. His costume is the national costume of Arkansas, coat, waistcoat, and pantloons of homespun cloth, dyed a brownish yellow, with a decoction of the bitter barked butternut—a pleasing alliteration.—G. H. Derby (‘John Phœnix’), ‘Phœnixiana,’ p. 129.
1880. Our clothing was “homespun,” made by our mothers and sisters—jeans and linsey for the males, and linsey and striped cotton for the females.—Peter H. Burnett, ‘Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer,’ p. 11.
