A desire of extending the very laudable Practice of giving
Books at Funerals, and the great propriety of the present Work
for that Purpose, have induced the Editors to put this
valuable Performance one Third cheaper than the London
Edition, although it is by no Means Inferior in point of
Elegance.
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Some of the business localities of Boston in the last century were known
by names which now strike us as very queer or quaint. We select a number
of advertisements from the "Gazette," "Post-Boy," and "Chronicle."
Dec. 10, 1759.
Imported in the last Ships from _LONDON_.
_By_ Andrew Craigie,
And to be Sold at his Shop, right against the Old South
Meeting-House: by Wholesale & Retail, English Goods, suitable
for the Season, too many to be enumerated, At the lowest Rate,
for Cash, or short Credit.
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Feb. 23, 1761.
Isaac Dupee, _Carver_,
ADVERTISES his Customers and others that since the late Fire
(on Dock Square) he has opened a Shop the North Side of the
Swing-Bridge, opposite to _Thomas Tyler's_, Esq.; where
Business will be carried on as usual with Fidelity and
Dispatch.
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_Imported in the Neptune_, _Capt._ Binney, _and to be Sold by_
Daniel Parker, _Goldsmith_,
_At his Shop near the Golden-Ball_, Boston.
_AN Assortment of Articles in the Goldsmith's and Jeweller's
Way_, viz. _brilliant and cypher'd Button and Earing Stones of
all Sorts, Locket Stones, cypher'd Ring Stones, Brilliant Ring
Sparks, Buckle Stones, Garnetts, Emethysts, Topaz and Saphire
Ring Stones, neat Stone Rings sett in Gold, some with Diamond
Sparks, Stone Buttons in Silver, by the Card, black ditto in
Silver, best Sword Blades, Shoe and Knee Chapes of all Sizes,
Files of all Sorts, freezing Punches, Turkey Oyl Stones, red
and white Foyl, moulding Sand, Borax, Saltpetre, Crucibles and
Black Led Potts, Money Scales, large ditto to weigh Silver,
Piles of Ounce Weights, Penny Weights & Grains, Coral Beeds,
Stick ditto for Whistles, Forgeing Anvils, Spoon Teats, plain
ditto, small raizing Anvils for Cream Potts, fine Lancashire
Watch Plyers, Shears and Nippers, Birmingham ditto, with
sundry other Articles, cheap for Cash._
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_CHOICE Muscovado best Powder and brown Sugars, by the
Hogshead or Barrel, to be Sold by_ WILLIAM WHITWELL, _at the
Seven Stars near the Draw-Bridge, Boston. Also choice new
Raisins by the Cask, Philadelphia Flour and Bar Iron per
Quantity, Coffee by the Barrel or Hundred, Bohea Tea, &c.,
cheap for Cash or short Credit._
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Sept. 8, 1760.
_John Loring,_
At his Shop near The Great Trees.
A Fresh and General Assortment of Medecines both Chemical and
Galenical--Spices of all Sorts--Likewise Redwood, Logwood,
Allum, Copperas, Brimstone, &c.----_N.B._ True _Lockyer's_
Pills, _Bateman's_ Drops, _Stoughton's_ and _Duffy's_ Elixer,
_&c. &c._
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