_Boston Gazette._

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Families used to live in State Street, Boston, in 1796.

--> _A_ Family in State-street, that does not make a business
of keeping boarders, will accommodate a couple of gentlemen,
who are disposed to make themselves agreeable in a private
family. Apply at the office of the Daily Advertiser.

_Daily Advertiser and Polar Star_, Dec. 22.

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Copley's paintings at auction in 1790.

THIS DAY, (_At TEN in the Morning_,)
Will be sold by PUBLIC VENDUE at
Russell & Clap's Auction-Room,
_COURT STREET_,

A Variety of elegant paintings, &c.--principally by the
ingenious MR. COPLEY.--ALSO, an Electrical Machine, a glass
Case for a shop, &c.

_Columbian Centinel_, Aug. 31.

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The way they compromised with creditors in 1806.

_To the Public._

WHEREAS by misfortunes, together with expenses of law suits,
with honest pride I acknowledge I am not worth one cent in the
world, and of course cannot pay my debts. But through the
assistance of friends, I am now accommodated with a Shop, and
necessary Tools to carry on my business, in _Cambridge-Port_;
where I shall be happy to execute any kind of work for those I
am indebted to, at the lowest cash price, on this
condition--that I am paid one half of what the work comes to,
in cash, when delivered. But if my creditors will allow me
time, and my health is spared, I have no doubt I shall soon be
able to pay twenty shillings on the pound to them, in cash.

To those gentlemen I am not indebted to, I solicit of them a
share of their work, assuring them, that whatever engagements
I make, shall be executed punctually, and in a workmanlike
manner, by their humble servant,

RICHARD GRIDLEY.
_Cambridge-Port_, sept. 10, 1806.

--> The Printers of Newspapers in Boston are requested to
publish the above, provided they will receive their pay in
Smith's work.

_Columbian Centinel._

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On the 11th of January, 1799, Mr. Briggs advertises in the "