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What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Ames’s ALMANACK is now in the Press, and will be published in a few Days.” Was it news or advertising or both? Thomas Fleet and John Fleet, printers of...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK, OR Lady’s and Gentleman’s DIARY, For the Year of our Lord 1771.” In eighteenth-century America, November was one of the most important...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Hutchin’s Improved: BEING AN ALMANACK … For the Year of our LORD 1771.” By the middle of October 1770, advertisements for almanacs for 1771 began...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “POOR RICHARD’s ALMANACK, for the Year 1771.” With the arrival of fall in 1770 came the season for advertising almanacs for 1771. A few advertisements...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Has removed his PRINTING-OFFICE from Philadelphia to Burlington.” In the summer of 1770, printer Isaac Collins closed his printing office in Philadelphia in favor of...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “The Landing of – Troops in the Year 1768.” At the time of the Boston Massacre, more newspapers were published in that city than any other in the colonies. ...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “List of Commissioners and other Officers of the Revenue, WITH THEIR SALARIES!” In the third week of February 1770, many printers continued to advertise almanacs, hoping...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “FREEMAN’s NEW-YORK ALMANACK, For the Year 1770.” In the final week of January 1770, John Holt continued in his efforts to rid himself of surplus copies of...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “WEST’s ALMANACKS … To be sold by the Printer hereof.” In late January 1770, John Carter, publisher of both the Providence Gazette and Benjamin West’s...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK … 1770.” In the first issue of the Providence Gazette published in the new year, John Carter continued promoting “THE NEW-ENGLAND...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Ames’s and Low’s Almanacks, for 1770.” During the final week of 1769, Samuel Hall, printer of the Essex Gazette, continued to advertise that he sold several...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “The whole process … is inserted in Freeman’s New-York Almanack.” This notice appeared among the many advertisements that ran in December 21, 1769,...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “PHILO’s Essex Almanack … Calculated for the Meridian of SALEM.” Samuel Hall, printer of the Essex Gazette, also published “PHILO’s Essex Almanack,...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “PHILO’s Essex Almanack, For the Year 1770.” The December 5, 1769, edition of the Essex Gazette included two advertisements for almanacs. A brief notice announcing...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Low’s Almanack, for 1770, is to be sold by the Printer hereof.” With a little over a month until the new year arrived, the number of advertisements for almanacs...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (November 18, 1769). “Containing, an accurate Ephemeris … Containing likewise, a beautiful Poem …” In the fall of 1769, John Carter...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (November 4, 1769). “To be Sold … by the several Merchants and Shopkeepers of Providence and Newport.” John Carter continued to advertise the...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Providence Gazette (October 28, 1769). “THE NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK.” John Carter wanted prospective customers to know that he had “JUST PUBLISHED” the “NEW-ENGLAND...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Pennsylvania Chronicle (October 16, 1769). “Just published … Father ABRAHAM’S ALMANACK.” It was one of the signs that fall had arrived in the colonies:...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? New-Hampshire Gazette (May 12, 1769). “BLANKS of most sorts, and a variety of BOOKS sold at the Printing-Office.” Three advertisements placed by the printers of the...
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