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Letter from a gentleman of Bristol to his friend in London, published in the Morning Chronicle and Public Advertiser, October 3, 1775

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Reprinted letter from Bristol to London, recounting an appeal from Bristol merchants to sympathize with the American cause. Disseminated in a London newspaper.

Tags: American sympathizers, Bristol, England, George III, letter, London, manufacturers, Newspaper, petition, public debate

Petition from Bristol manufacturers to King George III, published in the London Evening Post, October 10, 1775

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Copy of the petition made by Bristol manufacturers and other citizens to George III promoting American sympathies, including almost 1000 signatures

Tags: America, American sympathizers, Bristol, England, George III, manufacturing, merchant, merchant class, Newspaper, petition, public debate, Richard Champion

TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC VENDUE, To-morrow Morning at NICHOLAS WILLIAM STUYVESANT’s Vendue-House, near the Coffee-House;

Newspaper advertisement of a New York Merchant's sale of household items.

Tags: Advertisement, New York, Newspaper, sale

RUN away from WILLIAM DOUGLASS, of Staten Island, a Negro Man…

Newspaper advertisement offering a reward for a black man who ran away from his master in Staten Island, New York

Tags: Advertisement, Negro, New York, Newspaper, Runaway, Slave

Just imported, in the New-Hope, from London, and to be sold, By PETER GOELET, at the Sign of the Golden Key, in Hanover-Square

Newspaper ad for New York merchant with imports from London

Tags: Advertisement, Import, New York, Newspaper

CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF, GOLDSMITH and JEWELER

Newspaper Advertisement for a New York goldsmith and jeweler selling his wares

Tags: Advertisement, New York, Newspaper, silver

Those Gentlemen who are forming themselves into Companies, in Defence of their LIBERTIES; and others, who are not provided with SWORDS, May be suited therewith by applying to CHARLES OLIVER BRUFF, in Maiden-Lane near the Fly-Market.

A jeweler and goldsmith advertises swords in a New York Newspaper

Tags: Advertisement, New York, Newspaper, silver, sword

Fresh imported, to be sold wholesale and retail by JOHN RICHARDSON, At his hardware and jewellery store, in Cortland-street, opposite Mr. John Leary's, senior

An advertisement for a sale of assorted jewelry and hardware in New York.

Tags: Advertisement, Import, New York, Newspaper, sale

EIGHT POUNDS Reward

Newspaper article describing two runaway servant boys

Tags: Advertisement, New York, Newspaper, Runway, Servant

Advertisement in the London Evening Post for American Pine-Bud Tea. December 6, 1766.

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Advertisement in the London Evening Post for American Pine-Bud tea being sold as a medical remedy in Bristol, Piccadilly, Bath, York, Sheffield, and Oxford.

Tags: 18th century, Advertisement, America, Bath, Bristol, London, mid-18th century, Newspaper, Oxford, Piccadilly, Sheffield, sugar, tea, trade, transatlantic, transatlantic trade, York

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