at the North-Mills, TO BE SOLD, by the larger or smaller
Quantity, at a low Rate, Enquire of _William Paine_ at said
Mills, or of _Martin Gay_, near the Cornfields, _Boston_.
Dec. 12, 1763.
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When we remember the old pictures and portraits of stately ladies with
high headdresses and gentlemen with wigs, the following advertisements
are interesting:--
Joshua Davis, _Peruke-Maker_.
HEREBY informs his Customers, and others, That he has
Remov'd his Shop from the Head of the Long Wharf, next the
Crown Coffee House, to the first Shop in Mackrell Lane, next
the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, where they may be serv'd with
Fidelity and Dispatch.
--> Said _Davis_ makes the neatest and most fashionable
Wiggs, at a moderate Rate.
_Boston Gazette_, Feb. 18, 1761.
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A genteel Gold Watch, made by _Marmaduke Storr_, to be Sold,
inquire of the Printers.
Sept. 14, 1761.
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A few Genteel Grey and light Grey London-made WIGS, to be
sold by JOHN CROSBY, Periwig Maker near the Sign of the
Lamb, also Wig-makers Ribbons, Silk and Cauls, Bodyed
Grizle, and Grizle Hairs for cut Wigs, Bleach'd, Tye and
Brown Spencer Hairs, white Goat Hairs, white, black, and
brown Horse Hairs, Moy Crown Hairs, Cards and Brushes,
drawing Cards and Brushes, best Razors, purple Thread, Tupee
Irons, & Curling Tongs, Tupee Combs in Cases, Wig Blocks,
Silk Puffs, Hair, Powder, Shaving Boxes, & Brushes, wash
Ball Boxes, and wash Balls, London black Balls with Printed
directions, to use them very Nice, black Sattin Baggs for
the Hair, white, black, yellow; & Bear Grees, Pomatum
Excellent with their use to make Hair of a good Colour, & to
grow thicker, Gold & Silver Powders (so called) to clean
Gold and Silver Lace & Embroaderry.
_Boston Post-Boy_, Dec. 12, 1763.
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At fires, leather buckets were used by the inhabitants, and were
sometimes lost or misplaced, as appears from the following
advertisements from the "Boston Gazette":--
LOST at the late Fire on the 5th of November Inst. a Leather
Bucket, No. 2, mark'd _Wm. Hickling_: Whoever is taken up
the same, are desir'd to return it to the Owner, or the
Printers hereof.
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_LOST at the Fire near Oliver's-Dock, on the 14th Day of
November last, a Pair of Leather Fire Buckets, mark'd_
Benj^a. Barnard, _and dated 1757. Whoever will give
Information, or bring them to the Printers hereof, shall be
handsomely Rewarded._
Dec. 10, 1759.
Within the writer's recollection, in nearly every house in Salem two or
more fire-buckets, marked with the owner's name, were, when not in use,
kept hanging in the front hall. At fires, lanes, as they were called, of
men were formed, under the direction generally of the fire-wards, and
water was passed from one to another and to the fire from some
neighboring pump or cistern.
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We see notices like the following of insurance offices; but they were
principally for marine risks, as not many fire risks were taken before
the beginning of the present century.
_Hurd's_ Insurance-Office,
At the BUNCH OF GRAPES, STATE-STREET,
BOSTON,
OPEN at all hours of business, where Policies of Insurance
are underwritten upon the most moderate premiums; and the
Gentlemen forming this Insurance Company, whose names are
inserted in each Policy, having established adequate Funds
for the ready payment of such losses as may happen, hereby
notify, that business will be done with all possible
attention, dispatch and punctuality, by