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What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Speedily will be published … The works of the Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD.” Most of the final page of the April 13, 1771, edition of the Providence Gazette consisted...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Consider his Misfortunes, and to favour him with their Custom.” When Elisha Brown resumed “his former Right and Estate in the GRIST-MILL” that he once operated,...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He continues to carry on the Sail-making Business.” In an advertisement in the March 30, 1771, edition of the Providence Gazette, John Sinkins advised readers that...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “A NEAT Assortment of QUEEN’s WARE.” When John Jenkins opened a shop in Providence in 1771, he placed an advertisement in the Providence Gazette to advise prospective...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Both the above Houses are well situated for Business.” Location, location, location! Several real estate notices ran in the March 16, 1771, edition of the Providence...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Several Kinds of Blanks.” Like his counterparts in other cities and towns, John Carter did more than print a newspaper at his printing office. In addition to...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Advertisements should be inserted in the Newport and Providence News-Papers, calling upon all Persons to bring in their Old Tenor Bills.” Colonists often found information...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Brass candlesticks.” Joseph Russell and William Russell regularly placed advertisements in the Providence Gazette in the late 1760s and early 1770s. Like many...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “ADVERTISEMENTS of a moderate Length (accompanied with the Pay) are inserted in this Paper three Week for Four Shillings.” In the eighteenth century, some printers used...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “HIS Majesty’s Post-Master General … has been pleased to add a fifth Packet-Boat to the Station between Falmouth and New-York.” In January and February...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “[illegible] and dispatched by a Packet the next Day for Falmouth.” Digitization makes historical sources, like eighteenth-century newspapers, more readily accessible...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “THE TRIAL … published by Permission of the Court.” In January 1771, John Fleeming published an account of the trials of the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. ...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “As Advertising is attended with Expence to the College, ’tis earnestly requested that it need not be repeated.” When Rhode Island College (Now Brown University)...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? SlaveryProvidence Gazette (January 12, 1771).“A Likely strong Negro Man.” On January 12, 1771, an advertisement for a “Likely strong Negro Man, about 28 Years...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “A variety of other articles too tedious to mention.” Shopkeepers Ebenezer Thompson and James Arnold placed a lengthy advertisement for a “GOOD assortment of English...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “A LIST of the fortunate Numbers in the First Class of CUMBERLAND BRIDGE Lottery.” In order to raise funds for “the Purpose of repairing and rebuilding the Bridge...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “On Wednesday next will be Published … Mr. West’s Sheet ALMANACK, For the Year 1771.” Advertisements for almanacs were ubiquitous in American newspapers...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “A Collection of HYMNS … By that eminent and illustrious Servant of Christ, the late Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD.” More than ten weeks after his death on September...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “SCHEME of a LOTTERY … for the Purpose of repairing and rebuilding the Bridge.” Colonists sometimes used lotteries to fund public works projects in eighteenth-century...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Many other articles not enumerated.” Consumer choice was a key element of Nicholas Tillinghast and William Holroyd’s advertisement in the November 24, 1770, edition...
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