_GEORGE WHITEFIELD._
The Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD preached on Tuesday and Saturday
last, at the Old South Meeting-House, to large and crouded
Auditories.
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Marriage of Copley, the celebrated painter, from the "Chronicle," Nov.
20, 1769.
Last Thursday Mr. _John Singleton Copley_ was married to
Miss _Sukey Clarke_ Daughter of _Richard Clarke_, Esq; and
Mr. _Joshua Henshaw_, jun. to Miss _Katherine Hill_,
Daughter of Col. _John Hill_.
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Thomas Britt
Would take a few young Ladies, _&c._ to teach them Spelling,
Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, at his School near the
Cornfield. ALSO, French taught and translated by said
_Britt_.
_Boston Gazette_, April 27, 1767.
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Where were or where was, as the case might be, the "Cornfields" or
"Cornfield" of Boston in 1763? Martin Gay kept a store or lived near
there, and in 1767 Master Britt kept a school for young ladies near the
"Cornfield."
Choice English Peas
at the North-Mills, TO BE SOLD, by the larger or smaller
Quantity, at a low Rate, Enquire of _William Paine_ at said
Mills, or of _Martin Gay_, near the Cornfields, _Boston_.
Dec. 12, 1763.
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When we remember the old pictures and portraits of stately ladies with
high headdresses and gentlemen with wigs, the following advertisements
are interesting:--
Joshua Davis, _Peruke-Maker_.
HEREBY informs his Customers, and others, That he has
Remov'd his Shop from the Head of the Long Wharf, next the
Crown Coffee House, to the first Shop in Mackrell Lane, next
the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, where they may be serv'd with
Fidelity and Dispatch.
--> Said _Davis_ makes the neatest and most fashionable
Wiggs, at a moderate Rate.
_Boston Gazette_, Feb. 18, 1761.
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A genteel Gold Watch, made by _Marmaduke Storr_, to be Sold,
inquire of the Printers.
Sept. 14, 1761.
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A few Genteel Grey and light Grey London-made WIGS, to be
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