游客服务协调员玛吉·帕菲特说
Sometimes when we have a quiet afternoon at the MHS I’ll sit and read through our historical newspaper collection. 这是一个历史悠久的爱好, and one that turns up a lot of interesting things—like what some of our founding fathers were doing during their non-founding hours. I hope you find this selection of clippings as amusing and interesting as I do!
保罗·里维尔, silversmith and midnight rider, was also 保罗·里维尔, dentist. 虽然看起来主要是在侧面, as he directed potential patients to meet with him in his Silversmith’s Shop.
And 保罗·里维尔, engraver (though this business of his is more widely remembered.)
You had more options for tooth care in Boston than just 保罗·里维尔: You could visit Daniel Scott at his medicine store at the (very memorable) Sign of the Leopard, w在这里 among other services “all Persons who have the Scurvy in their Teeth, og体育平台声音威胁着他们的迁移, 可以在不伤牙釉质的情况下清洗牙齿吗, 或者至少在一定程度上损害它们, 并可能提供他的牙髓修复器, 哪一种是好的粉剂, 最适合保存牙齿和牙龈, 防止它们疼痛。”
约翰·乔伊和他的同事一起销售“新鲜毒品” & 药品、“有前途的”乡村医生、药剂师等. 可以提供极大的好处吗.” I’m interested in the implied distinction of practice between “country” and “city.”
约翰·汉考克, 波士顿最富有的商人家族之一的继承人, 1764年他的叔叔托马斯·汉考克去世后，他继承了他的生意. In 1765 it seems he was still balancing accounts and “desires those Persons who are still indebted to the Estate of the late Hon. Thomas Hancock, Eqs: deceased, to be speedy in paying their respective Ballances, to prevent Trouble.”
![A Newspaper Advertisement which reads “To be sold by 约翰·汉考克, at his store No. 4, 在法尼尔大厅的东端, 英国和印度商品总目, 还有纽卡斯尔煤和爱尔兰黄油, 现金便宜. Said Hancock desires those Persons who are still indebted to the Estate of the late Hon. Thomas Hancock, Esq: deceased, to be speedy in paying their respective balances, to prevent trouble. N.B. 在吕底亚，上校. 司各特，从伦敦寄来的包裹如下. 1、一个箱子，没有. 一个小包裹. The Owner, by applying to 约翰·汉考克 and saying [illegible], may have his goods."](http://dvluxa.mowangyun.com/beehiveblog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/John-Hancock-early.jpg)
Even one of Boston’s most prominent merchants was not immune to the backlash against imported British goods. But in 1771 he found it palatable to once again advertise imported goods, while assuring the public that he kept “the most strict Compliance with the Non-Importation Agreement during its Continuance.”
约翰·汉考克 continued to balance his identity of merchant with that of revolutionary. Advertisements for his Oration given on the anniversary of what we now know as the Boston Massacre can be found in the same paper w在这里 he advertised his goods for sale.
约翰·汉考克 was not the only one to face social pressure during the non-importation agreement. 女性(或“女士们”)经常被直接吸引, 尤其是不喝英国茶. I still get a kick out of the line “However coolly some of you may now esteem your Husbands” in the 21st 世纪.
I also greatly enjoy the advertisements for less-remembered fields of business. Ladies (and Gentlemen) may have sent their children to join Peter Curtis at his new Dancing School. And Gentlemen who wished to learn “The Noble Science of DEFENCE commonly called the BACK-SWORD” may join Donald McAlpine in the Day-Time or Evening.
Thanks for joining me on this quick little jaunt through our Harbottle Dorr newspaper collection—t在这里’s way more w在这里 that came from! 你可以自己浏览这些收藏 在这里.