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What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “… practised by very few in ENGLAND, and those esteemed the best Mechanicks in Europe.” Like many other artisans who migrated to the colonies in the eighteenth-century,...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Watches will be well repaired, Clocks put in good Order.” It was the first advertisement that watchmaker Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith placed in the New-Hampshire Gazette...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “WATCHES REPAIR’D by J. SIMNETT.” Near the end of the summer of 1770, watchmaker John Simnet went quiet in the pages of the New-Hampshire Gazette. In late...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “CLOCK and WATCH-MAKER, at the DIAL in WILMINGTON.” Two clock- and watchmakers advertised in the August 16, 1770, edition of the Pennsylvania Gazette, but they likely...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago this week? “He purposes to return to this LAND of LIBERTY.” In the summer of 1770, William Wylie, a watchmaker, took to the pages of William Rind’s Virginia Gazette to...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “WATCHES KEPT in REPAIR for Two Shillings and six pence Sterling per YEAR.” John Simnet’s advertisement in the July 13, 1770, edition of the New-Hampshire Gazette...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “A SQUIB—-To the Tune of Miss Dawson’s Hornpipe.” In June 1770, watchmaker John Simnet was unrelenting in the criticism of rival Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith. ...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “His Clocks with both Hands gives the Lye, His Tongue ne’er speaks the Truth.” After placing an advertisement in which he compared his rival to a rat, watchmaker...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “If Rats could speak, they would declare their Sentiments.” As spring turned to summer in 1770, the rivalry between watchmakers John Simnet and Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He is as great a Watch-Maker as he is a Mountebank.” The feud between watchmakers Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith and John Simnet had been playing out in the New-Hampshire...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “That there may be no Cause of a single Complaint, any Person may have any Alteration without further Expence.” The feud continued! For more than a year watchmakers...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “Said HILLER has to sell, a Variety of Watch Chains, Strings, Keyes, Seals.” When Joseph Hiller, a clock- and watchmaker, set up shop in a new location, he inserted...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He has the best of clarified Oyl, for Clock and Watches.” By the time that Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith placed his advertisement in the March 16, 1770, edition of the...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He has engaged Two exceeding good Workmen.” While eighteenth-century artisans frequently promoted their own training and other credentials, relatively few devoted space...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “He still carries on Clock and Watch making as usual.” Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith, a clock- and watchmaker, was a prolific advertiser who frequently inserted notices...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “SIMNETT, only perfect Watchmaker ever in this Country.” Watchmaker John Simnet returned to the pages of the New-Hampshire Gazette early in 1770, placing a short advertisement...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “The said Watson being a stranger, the said John Champlin doth strongly recommend him.” James Watson, a clock- and watchmaker “Late from London,” inserted...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? “WATCHES … preserv’d in perfect Repair … by JOHN SIMNETT.” Regular readers of the New-Hampshire Gazette would have already been familiar with John...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? New-Hampshire Gazette (October 27, 1769). “Any Clock or Watch, sent to said Griffith, will be speedily refitted.” Nathaniel Sheaff Griffith, a “CLOCK and WATCH...
What was advertised in a colonial American newspaper 250 years ago today? Boston-Gazette (October 23, 1769). “McLean is now at Work on a Watch, the whole of which will be finished in the Province, except the Two Plates and Cases.” During the...
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