te the Old-Brick Meeting-House in
Cornhill to the House lately occupied by Mrs. _Elizabeth
Campbell_, next Door to Deacon _Boutineau's_ in Cornhill,
_Boston_, where they hope their Friends and others will favour
them with their Custom, and whom they engage to supply with
the following Articles at the lowest Rate that any fair Trader
can afford them for Cash. _VIZ._

_India Taffities, Grograms, Persians, black and colour'd
Sattins, Silk, Callamancoe, Tammie, and Horse Hair quilted
Petticoats, a Variety of the newest fashion'd Prussian Cloaks
and Hatts, with figur'd Silk and Trimming for ditto, 6-4 and
yard-wide Muslin, Long Lawn, Cambrick, clear and flower'd
Lawns, Cyprus, Gauze, Tandem Holland, Damask Table Cloths,
India Ginghams, white Callico, Cap Lace, black Bone Lace, and
Trolly ditto, white and colour'd Blond Lace, Stone sett in
Silver Shoe Buckles, Sleeve Buttons, Stock Tape, Sattin
Jockeys with Feathers for Boys, brocaded silk, black Sattin
and Russel Shoes, black Sattin Bonnetts and Hatts, Pastboard
Stomachers, Cotton, Thread and Worsted Mens and Womens Hose, a
great Variety of Ribbons, Necklaces and Earings, black and
white Silk Mitts, Kid and Lamb Gloves and Mitts, French ditto,
Cotton, Cambrick and Scotch Threads, with a great Variety of
Millenary Goods, too many to enumerate. --> The said_ Todd
_and_ Purcell _having spare Room in said House, can
accommodate young Ladies with Board and Lodging at a
reasonable Rate._

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In 1760 the town clerk of Boston issued a notice to the public in
reference to persons forestalling the market by falsely representing to
farmers and others that the small-pox was prevalent in the town, which had
so frightened the market-men that they were glad to sell outside the town
and at lower prices than they otherwise would have done.

Boston, February 13, 1760.

WHEREAS sundry evil minded Persons in some of the neighbouring
Towns, to discourage the Market-People coming into this Town
with their Provisions, and that they may have an Opportunity
to purchase at low Rates, and sell them here at an exorbitant
Price, have industriously reported that the Small-Pox for some
Time past has been in this Town, and now prevails here:

THESE are to Inform the Public, that for near two Ye