The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements | Page 9

and Frogs for Button Lupes, plain and sash
Bands, workt & plain Buttons, black Thread, Gold and Silver Chain,
yellow and white Buttons, hard and light Brushes, Velures, Cards,
large and small Bowstrings, Looping Needles, Verdigrees and Coperas,
a good Assortment of Mens and Boys Felt Hatts, Castor ditto.----He

likewise sells Logwood.
Missing since the late Fire, when the Market-House was burnt, a large
Folio of Mr. Clarkson's Works, and twenty yards of Gold and Silver
Chain. If any Person has the Book or Chain, they are desir'd to inform
said Peck.
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May 11, 1761.
A few Firkins of Choice Butter, to be Sold by PHILIP FREEMAN, at
the Blue Glove, facing the Sign of the Cornfields.
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May 11, 1761.
Jonathan & John Amory
In King-Street, just below the Town-House in Boston, and at Salem, in
the House where the Honourable Timothy Lindal, Esq; deceas'd, lately
dwelt, near the Friends Meeting House, Have lately open'd a very large
Assortment of English Goods, of almost every Kind, for Men's and
Women's wear, consisting of too many Articles to be compriz'd in an
Advertisement, which they will sell at either Place, by Wholesale or
Retail, at very low Prices for Cash or Treasurer's Notes, and allow the
Interest thereon.
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May 11, 1761.
Imported by
John and Thomas Stevenson, And to be Sold at their Shop, at the Sign
of the Stays, opposite the South Side of the Town-House, Boston, at the
very lowest Prices, Viz.

Lawns of all Sorts, strip'd and flower'd kenting Handkerchiefs; cotton
and linnen ditto; silk and gause ditto; Cambricks, Calicoes and printed
Linnens--white and colour'd Threads;--silk, worsted, cotton and thread
Stockings--Women's silk and worsted Mitts--Broad-Cloths; German
Serges--Thicksets; Fustians; Jeans; Pillows and Dimities--Broglios;
Dorsateens; Venetian Poplins; flower'd and plain Damasks; Prussianets;
Serpentines; Tammies; strip'd Stuffs; Camblets; Callimancoes;
Shalloons and Buckrams,--worsted Caps; Garters; Needles and
Pins--white, brown and striped Hollands--white and check'd Linnen;
Diaper; Bed-Ticks; Tartans; Plaids; Breeches and Jacket Stocking
Patterns; cotton & silk and cotton Gowns--Stock Tapes--Leather
Breeches; Men's and Women's Leather Shoes, &c. &c.
N. B. Kippen's and Tilloch's Snuff; Scotch Barley and Carpeting and
Porter by the Dozen; With a great Number of other Articles.
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Jan. 9, 1764.
A Few Hogsheads of choice Barbadoes RUM to be sold: Inquire
Nathaniel Abraham, at the Golden Key.
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TO BE LETT,
And enter'd upon the 25th of March, in good tenable Repair.
The Five Grist-Mills at the North Part of the Town of Boston, with
Stabling for Horses, Stores for Grain, &c. Any Person inclining to Hire,
may apply to William Hunt, in Hanover-Street, whom the Proprietors
hath empowered to Let the same. Feb. 23, 1767.
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May 4, 1767.
Just Imported from London, and to be Sold by Daniel Boyer, Jeweller,

At his Shop opposite the Governor's in Boston,
Best Brilliant and * Binding Wire Cypher Earing & Button * Brass and
Iron ditto Stones * Brass stamps Brilliant & cypher ring * Buckle &
ring brushes stones * Money scales & weights Garnets, amethysts, and
* Small sheers & plyers topaz * Screw dividers Ring and buckle sparks
* Blow pipes Locket stones & cyphers * Draw plates Ruby and white
foyle * Moulding sand Coral beeds * Crucibles & black pots Coral for
whistles * Borax & Salt-Petre Shoe and knee chapes * Pommice and
Rottenstone, Rough and smooth files * &c.
Where also may be had, most sorts of Jewellers and Goldsmith Work,
cheap for Cash.

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William Palfrey
HEREBY informs his Customers and others, That he has just opened a
fresh Assortment of Goods suitable for the Season, which were
imported in the Ship Boston-Packet, Capt. Marshall.
ALSO, A Variety of Stone, China and Glass Ware, which will be sold
very low at his Shop next Door North of the Heart and Crown in
Cornhill, Boston.
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Imported in Captain Skillings from London, and to be Sold
By John Symmes, Goldsmith,
Near the Golden Ball, Boston, viz.
BEST Shoe and Knee Buckles Fluke and Tongs, ruff and smooth Files,
Bone Buckle Brushes, Freezing Punches, Binding Wire, Steel Top
Thimbles, Cypher and Brilliant Button Stones, Cypher and Brilliant

Ring Stones, Ring Sparks, Motto Ring Stones, Amethysts, Garnetts,
Brilliant and Cypher Earing Stones, Amethysts Foyle, red & white do.
Stone Bosom Buckles, Crusables, and Black Lead Melting Pots, &c. all
cheap for Cash.
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November, 1767.
Robert Duncan
Begs Leave to inform his Customers and Others, That he has removed
from the Store on the Town Dock to the Shop lately improved by Mr.
William Palfrey, next Door Northward of the Sign of the HEART and
CROWN in