I THINK it necessary to give this publick Notice, to all Persons who
are in Arrears to me, that if they do not, without Fail, discharge
their Accounts by the _July_ Meeting of the Merchants, they will most
assuredly be put into a Lawyer’s Hands.
_N.B._ In the mean While, from the many Disappointments I have met
with in collecting my Debts, I am obliged to stop Trade, till I can
receive the Money due to me to carry it on.
ROBERT GILBERT
(_Virginia Gazette_, May 13, 1773)
ROBERT GILBERT, SHOEMAKER, Has opened Shop in the back Street, at the
Place where he formerly lived, opposite to Mr. _Richard Charlton’s_,
and intends carrying on his Business in all its Branches, having on
Hand a very neat Assortment of Leather proper Boots and Shoes. The
many Disapointments he formerly met with obliges him for the future to
sell entirely for Cash.—He returns his sincere Thanks to those who
were his former Customers, and shall endeavour to render Satisfaction
to all those who may please to employ him.
☞ _Good Encouragement will be given to a Journeyman who understands
making of Boots._
(_Virginia Gazette_, January 7, 1775)