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What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Carries on the BOOK-BINDING and STATIONARY BUSINESS, in all its Branches.” The term “classified ads” accurately describes newspaper notices published in later periods,...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Boxes of Medicines for Plantation Use … will also contain a Phial of his famous FEVER DROPS.” When apothecary Thomas Stinson purchased the shop and inventory of another apothecary,...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “She continues to make up EVERY ARTICLE in the MILINARY WAY.” Readers encountered many advertisements that listed dozens of consumer goods when they perused the June 11, 1771,...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Booksellers in Boston, New-York, Philadelphia, or … Charles-Town.” Like many other colonial printers, Charles Crouch also sold books, pamphlets, and broadsides. ...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He carries on his Business as usual, at his Shop in Broad-Street.” A standard issue for most newspapers published in colonial America consisted of four pages created...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He will likewise dispose of at private sale, all his household furniture.” In the spring of 1771, Sampson Neyle took to the pages of the South-Carolina Gazette and...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “Writing Paper, Wafers, &c. Loaf Sugar, and Bohea Tea, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, &c.” When an advertisement announcing the “SALE of the late Mr. CORKER’S...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “They have entered into Co-partnership, and continue to carry on the FACTORAGE BUSINESS.” Like many other colonial newspapers, the masthead for the South-Carolina Gazette...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Scotch camblets for negro wenches gowns.” Advertisers took to the pages of the January 22, 1771, edition of the South-Carolina Gazette and Country Journal to offer...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “WANTED on Purchase, or Hire by the Year, A Honest, handy, young Negro Fellow.” Thomas Green and Ebenezer Watson, the printers of the Connecticut Courant, extended...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “A SERMON SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE Rev. GEORGE WHITEFIELD.” George Whitefield, one of the most prominent ministers associated with the eighteenth-century religious...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “CONTINUATION to the South-Carolina Gazette, and Country Journal.” Like other newspapers published in colonial America, a standard issue of the South-Carolina Gazette...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “MRS. SWALLOW begs Leave to inform the Publick.” Newman Swallow and Mrs. Swallow, presumably husband and wife, both ran newspaper advertisements in late October and...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Said Report is FALSE.” In late October 1770, Richard Clark, a watch- and clockmaker, took to the pages of the South-Carolina Gazette and Country Journal to address...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “He is in want of two NEGRO MEN TAYLORS, for whom good Wages will be given.” In the early 1770s, Thomas fell operated a tailoring shop on Elliott Street in Charleston. ...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He is in want of two NEGRO MEN TAYLORS, for whom the highest Wages will be given.” The September 18, 1770, edition of the South-Carolina Gazette and Country Journal...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Merchants and Tradesmen may have their Books regulated by the Month.” As summer turned to fall in 1770, Jacob Valk took to the pages of the South-Carolina Gazette and...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “The Gentlemen who please to favour us with their Subscriptions, shall have their Names carefully published in an alphabetical List.” Like many books, maps were often...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “All Persons indebted to him, to discharge the same.” Charles Crouch, the printer of the South-Carolina Gazette and Country Journal, wanted to make sure that readers...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “RUN AWAY … a NEGRO fellow, named July.” No newspaper advertisements concerning enslaved people appear via the Slavery Adverts 250 Project today, but that...
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