Last Tuesday Mr. George R. Minot delivered an elegant and
spirited Oration, at the old brick meeting-house, in
commemoration of the horrid massacre perpetrated on the 5th
of March, 1770, by a banditti of the British tyrant's 29th
regiment.
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It may not be of any consequence to the public to know what kind of coat
Jonathan Williams wore in 1767, but it may be a matter of curiosity to
his descendants now living. We take the following advertisement from the
"Boston Gazette," Dec. 28, 1767:--
Whereas there has been taken out of the House of _Jonathan
Williams_ in Cornhill, two Great Coats, on the 23d Instant,
one of his own Wearing a cloth-coloured Drab; the other his
Servants, a blue Cloth ditto. Whoever has taken them, and
will return the former to said _Williams_, shall have the
latter _gratis_, and no Questions ask'd.
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Notice.
Frequent applications being made to the Town-Cryer, to
proceed through the streets in search of Children that have
strayed from their home, which practice often excites
unnecessary alarm to the inhabitants.
The public are respectfully desired, in case of any
discovery of a child, or children so lost or strayed, to
bring them immediately to the subscriber at No. 71, Newbury
street.--By an attention to this regulation, Parents and
friends may have their anxiety relieved by applying as
above.
SAMUEL ADAMS, _Town-Cryer_.
_Constitutional Telegraph_, Aug. 8, 1800.
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