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THE OLDEN-TIME SERIES.
16mo. Per vol., 50 cents.
There appears to be, from year to year, a growing popular taste for quaint and curious reminiscences of "Ye Olden Time," and to meet this, Mr. Henry M. Brooks has prepared a series of interesting handbooks. The materials have been gleaned chiefly from old newspapers of Boston and Salem, sources not easily accessible, and while not professing to be history, the volumes contain much material for history, so combined and presented as to be both amusing and instructive. The titles of some of the volumes indicate their scope and their promise of entertainment:—
Curiosities of the Old Lottery.
Days of the Spinning-Wheel.
Some Strange and Curious Punishments.
Quaint and Curious Advertisements.
Literary Curiosities.
New-England Sunday, etc.
"It has been the good fortune of the writer to be allowed a peep at the manuscript for this series, and he can assure the lovers of the historical and the quaint in literature that something both valuable and pleasant is in store for them. In the specialties treated of in these books Mr. Brooks has been for many years a careful collector and student, and it is gratifying to learn that the material is to be committed to book form."—Salem Gazette.
For sale by all Booksellers. Sent, post-paid, upon receipt of price. Catalogues of our books mailed free.
TICKNOR & CO., Boston.
THE OLDEN TIME SERIES
QUAINT AND CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Advertisements are sometimes very amusing. They give insights into the manners of the times no less interesting than authentic. Suppose the ancients had possessed a press, and that a volume of a Roman Post or Chronicle had been dug up at Herculaneum, with what curiosity should we not contemplate the millinery of the Roman ladies, or, "Wanted, a Gladiator to fight the last new lion;" or, "Next Ides of November will be published the new poem of Quintus Horatius Flaccus"!—Leigh Hunt.
THE OLDEN TIME SERIES.
GLEANINGS CHIEFLY FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS OF BOSTON
AND SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS
SELECTED AND ARRANGED, WITH BRIEF COMMENTS
BY
HENRY M. BROOKS
Quaint and Curious Advertiſements
"Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands. By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."—Emerson
BOSTON
TICKNOR AND COMPANY
1886
Copyright, 1886,
By Ticknor and Company.
All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
INDEX OF NAMES.
Page Page Abraham, Nathaniel 30 Bowen, Mr. 55, 68, 92 Adams, John 73 Bowes, Nicholas 24 Allen, Jolley 40 Bowles, William Augustus 104 Allen, Thomas 27 Boyer, Daniel 31 Amberson, William 105 Bray, George 11, 12 Amory, John & Thomas, & Co. 126 Brazer, Samuel 98, 99 Amory, Jonathan & John 29 Brewer, Jonathan 106 Andrews, William, jr.
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class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">140 Brewer, Thomas 67 Appleton, John 46 Briggs, Enos 70, 72, 73, 75 Aspinwalle, G. & T. 91 Brooks, Sarah 61 Brown, Charles 127 Bails, James 137 Brown, Mr. 120 Baker, John 21 Brown, William 82 Baker, Mr. 8 Buffum, James R. 145 Ball, John 12 Bulfinch, Jeremiah 136 Barclay, Andrew 38 Burnham, Nathan 140 Barnard, Thomas, D.D. 45, 48 Barnum, P.T. 120 Cabot, Francis 48 Bartlett, Keziah 136, 137 Cabot, Joseph 9, 10 Bartlett, W.P. 59 Caines, Thomas 137 Bathrick, Samuel 141 Callender, Joseph 35 Bell, Robert 54 Campbell, Elizabeth 3 Belcher & Armstrong 91 Carleton, Osgood 54, 55 Belknap, Jeremy, D.D. 44 Cato 100 Bernard, Governor Francis
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class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">14, 15 Chapman, Moses 119 Billings, Mary 18, 19 Chase & Speakman 40 Blake, Increase 11 Chase, T. 40 Blanchard & Hancock 35 Chase, Thomas 17 Bois, John 17 Choate, Thomas 140 Bolles, E.C., D.D. 117 Chesterfield, Lord 23 Boutineau, Deacon 3 Clark, Dr. 20
Clark, W. Gaylord 7 Franklin, William Temple 116 Coffin, Ebenezer 34 Freeman, Philip 28 Copley, John S. 69 Forrest, Edwin 149 Courtney, Elizabeth 8 Foster, Hopestill 97 Courtney, Mr. 9 Foster, Susannah 27 Craigie, Andrew 25 Fowle, Daniel 17 Crandel, Mr. 121 Fowle, J. 50 Crombie, Mr. 145 Crosby, John 42 Gardner, Samuel 9, 10 Curwen, George R. 117 Gay, Martin 44 Curwen, Samuel 45 Gray & Carter 139 Cushing & Appleton
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Dabney, Nathaniel 48 Gilbert, Mr. 67 Daland, Benjamin 112 Gillespie, Andrew 17 Dalgleish, Andrew 48 Glover, Jonathan 50 Dana, Rev. Samuel 50, 51 Goldthwaite, Ezekiel 6 Daniell, Jesse 137 Goodale, Nathan 48 Davis, Caleb 17 Goodhue, William 54 Davis, Israel 127 Green & Russell 19 Derby, E.H. 74 Greenleaf, J. 124, 125 Derby, Richard, jr. 49 Greenough, David S. 52 Dodd, Rev. Dr. William 23, 24 Greenwood, Isaac 107, 108 Dodge, John T., jr. 142 Greenwood, Isaac, jr. 53 Don Vincent, Folch, St. Col. 104 Gridley, Richard 70 Dorr, Harbottle 44 Griswold, Ezra 83 Dow, Enoch 89 Draper, Mr. 97
Hacket, Colonel 73 Duncan, Robert
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">32 Hamilton, Alexander 65 Dupee, Isaac 25 Hardy, Charles 82 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 112 Edes & Gill 13, 17, 19, 33 Hendry, Widow 12 Elliot, Robert 105 Hepburn, Thomas 57 Ellson, Mr. 17 Hewes, Daniel 109 Emerson, Bulkeley 17 Hewes, Shubael 20 Erving, Mr. 63 Hodgdon, Colonel 91 Holden, Nathaniel J. 117 Fairfield, William 106 Holker, John 143 Felt, George W. 88 Holman, Samuel 46 Flagg, Josiah, jr. 58 Holyoke, Dr. E.A. 45, 48 Franklin, Benjamin 115 Hook, E. & G., & Hastings 148 Franklin, Mr. 121 Hook, Elias 148 Franklin, Samuel 38 Hopkins, Daniel, D.D. 45
Hunt, Thomas F. 117 Moore, Rosanna 39 Hunt, William 30, 100 Morgan, Theodore 119 Hutchinson, Governor Thomas 46,
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Irwin, John 105 Mylod, Samuel 83 Ives, John M. 125, 149
Nazro, Mr. 149
Jackson, Mary & Son 42 Newell, Joseph 136 Jenks, John 72 Newhall, J. & I. 99 Johnston & Co., Nicholas 104 Northey, William 46 Jones, Daniel 36 Nutting, John 48 Jones, Thomas 102 Jordis, Frederick 61, 62
Oliver, Andrew 15 Oliver, Daniel 77
Keith, John H. 75, 76 Osgood, Nathaniel 101 King, Major 131, 132 Otis, Samuel Allyne 45 Kingsbury, Ezekiel, jr. 97 Kneeland, S. 44
Packard, Alpheus S. 118 Knox, Henry 24 Paddock, Adino 34 Paddock, Captain 40
Lang, Mr. 88 Paff, Mr.
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McAlpine, W. 2 Phillips, Deacon 34 McDaniel, B.F. 117 Phillips, Margaret 137 Mansfield, J. 3d. 64 Pickman, Benjamin 45 Marshall, Captain 31 Pickman, C. Gayton 48 Mason, James 36 Pickman, William 48 Mason, Jonathan 37 Pinchbeck, Mr. 86 Matthews, John L. 103 Pollard, A. 123 Matthis, Edmond 106, 107 Pousland,
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T.D. 142 Mein & Flemming 42 Preble, Captain 75 Metcalf, Joseph 85 Prentice, John 49, 50 Prince, Samuel 130
Procter, Martha 83 Stickney, M.A. 117 Purcell, Mary 3, 4 Stone, John 101 Putnam, Ebenezer 48 Street & Grose 133 Putnam, Frederick W. 118 Sylvester, Richard 41 Pynchon, William 48 Symmes, John 32 Randall, Joseph 23 Talleyrand 71 Randall, Susannah 23 Tannebill, A. 105 Remond, C. Lenox 151 Thaxter, Samuel 43 Remond, John 129, 150, 151, 152, 153 Thomas, Isaiah, jr. 84, 85 Rengill, Emanuel 104 Tisdall, Thomas 80, 81 Revere, Paul 20, 77 Todd, Sarah 3, 4 Rice, Lemuel 76 Townley,
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John 33 Richards, Giles & Co. 43 Trask, Jonathan 97 Richardson, F.P. 117 Tromelle & Girard 144 Robinson, J. 79 Tucker & Thayer 65 Robinson, John 117, 118 Tucker, Mr. 145 Rogers, James 106 Turner, John 48 Ropes, Judge Nathaniel 46 Turner, Mr. 18 Rose, Samuel 21 Tyler, Joseph 98 Russell, Benjamin 34, 35 Tyler, Thomas 25 Rust, John 89 Urquhart, David 91 Salisbury, Ambrose 150 Sancho 90 Wallace, George 105 Sargent, Ignatius 91 Waters, H.F. 117 Sargent, Winthrop 90, 91 Watt, Captain 38 Scott, Captain 35 Wheatland, Henry 118 Silhouette, M. 119 Whipple, Henry 103 Skillings, Captain 32 Whitaker, Nathaniel, D.D. 45 Smith, Samuel 15, 16 Whitwell, William
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">26 Sparhawk, N. 48 Wilkins, J. jr. 105 Stetson, Prince 138 Williams, Jonathan 36 Stevenson, John & Thomas 29 Williams, Mr. 17 Stewart, Mr. 121 Williams, Thomas 73 Woodbury, Josiah 22
