The Public Advertiser, London, May 4, 1758
To every Benevolent Reader
The humble Petition of a young Man and his Wife who, with two Infant Children, are reduced by the fatal Necessity of unavoidable Misfortunes to extreme Poverty; the Terror of perishing for Want in a Gaol forces the unhappy Man to confine himself; a tender Education, for they were both well introduced in the World, prevents his being capable of acting in a low laborious Station, a View not very distant may relieve them but immediate Want depends for Relief on public Charity, for private Friendship is exhausted. May the reader, whose Humanity feels for this miserable Family, be ex(?)ed to enquire the Truth of what is here said, and leave their Donations as they please with Mr. Smith, Perfumer, in Norris-street, St. James’s Market; and at Mr. Harrington’s, Fishmonger, at Charing Cross. They gratefully acknowledge the Reception of 15 by Mr. Smith, and 1l. 1s. 6d. by the Hands of Mr. Harrington, which has enabled the industrious Wife to being a little Business, but without some additional Charity, the Profits must be inadequate to their Wants.
I wonder about this part: “tender Education, for they were both well introduced in the World, prevents his being capable of acting in a low laborious Station”. Could he not or would he not?
The Public Advertiser, London, May 2, 1758
Wanted, for five, seven, or eleven Years, a small neat House, unfurnished, consisting of two Rooms and a Closet on a Floor, with all other Conveniences, in an airy Part of the Town, near the Park.
For father Particulars enquire at Saunder’s Chocolate House, St. James’s street.
Only for five, seven or eleven years, though!
The Public Advertiser, London, May 1, 1758
A Careful, sober, young Fellow, wants a Place, as a Butler our of Livery, in a small Family, or to serve a single Gentleman, that is not over Nice in his Dress, and can have a Character from his last Place, where he has lived upwards of two Years, that no Gentleman or Lady can object against. Please to leave a Line for A.Z. at Mr. Eaton’s in Fell street, near Cripplegate.
What’s this guy’s hangup with clothing? He neither wants to be in livery or have his master be “over nice in his dress”. I wonder what happened at his last position?
The Public Advertiser, London, May 1, 1758
Lost on Sunday last from Bloomsbury-square, a small Italian Fallow-coloured Greyhound, with a white Face and Neck, and answers to the name of Carlo. Whoever will bring him to the Sign of the Orange-Tree the Corner of King street, Bloomsbury, shall receive Five Shillings Reward.
The Public Advertiser, London, June 27, 1761
STOLEN
From Mr. James Taylor, in Howard’s Rope-Walk, near the Hermitage,
A Silver gadroon’d Salt, Weight about 2 oz. also a Pepper Box, both marked with the Letters I.T.S and the Workman’s Mark T.B.
If offered to be pawned or sold, please to stop them and the Party, and give Notice as above, and you shall have all reasonable Satisfaction.
Google tells me that a pepper-box is a type of gun, and gadrooning is a decorative motif, so I’m going to go on a limb here and assume that this man is missing two guns and not a set of salt and pepper shakers like I originally assumed.
The Public Advertiser, London, June 20, 1761
My short and lusty wife has run away, do not trust her - but “if she will return will be kindly received” - sure, John Brown, we believe you!
Sure Methods of Improving Health and Prolonging Life, Philadelphia, 1828
Descriptive Scenes for Children, Boston, 1831
The Picture Gallery for all Good Boys and Girls, London, 1801
The Cries of New-York, New York, 1830
Oysters
Here’s your good Oysters here they go
Here’s your fat, good tasted oysters,
Yorkbank oysters, large and small;
With such a great variety
I’m sure to please you all.
A Present for Infants, or, Pictures for the Nursery, London, 1819
Newbern Spectator, New Bern, North Carolina, January 18, 1833
Newbern Spectator, New Bern, North Carolina, May 31, 1833
Reverend
Ephraim Kingsbury
Avery was one of the first clergymen to be tried for murder in the United States.
In December of 1832, Sarah Cornell, a factory worker, was found by a farmer inside his barn hanging in from a stack pole, used to dry hay. Her family had been rather prosperous but she had to go out to work when her father deserted them. When Sarah’s belongings, in the lodging house she stayed in, were searched a note was found which read “
If I should be missing, inquire of the Rev. Mr. Avery of Bristol, he will know where I am.’’ Sarah had met the reverend in 1929.
Avery was a married Methodist minister, and suspicion was turned against him when it came to light that, in addition to speaking to her landlords about their relations, Sarah had told a doctor that she was pregnant with the Reverend’s child. The jury found that Sarah’s death was a suicide.
Once the body was exhumed and an autopsy was performed, however, it was found that Sarah was four months pregnant. If that wasn’t enough, bruises were found on her abdomen suggesting that an abortion may have been attempted, and the knot from which the rope was hung was not a type that would tighten on it’s own.
A warrant was sworn out, but when the sheriff went to deliver it, it was discovered that Avery had fled.
Meanwhile, Sarah’s body, now that she was shown definitely to be pregnant, was not to be allowed back to it’s resting place. The Methodist minister who was buried it refused to do so again, because she was unmarried.
While public opinion was strongly against Avery, with people going so far as to burn him in effigy, he was acquitted both by the court and the church. He spent a good portion of the rest of his life touring the Eastern States trying to clear his name.
A Present for Infants, or, Pictures for the Nursery, London, 1819
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