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Vol. 111.
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This Day publijhcd, price ir.
A NEW Book of POEMSi
Z X On feversl Occafinnr
By ELHANAN WINCHESTER, jun.
Preacher of the Gofp*l, and author of the Col
lection of Pfa ms, Hyma and Poemi, design
ed for the use and edifi.ation cf Christiana.
4 Printed by 1. Thomas, for the Author.
Sold by P. Freeman, in Union*
ftteet, and by P. Freeman, jun. near Li
berty- Tree.
This Day publijhed, price u.
T TYMNS and Spiritual SONGS,
I I dtfigned for the use and edification of
Composed by ELKANAH INGALLS,
Preacher of the G fpel.
Printed by I. Thomas, for the Author
Sold by P. Freeman, in Union-
Stitet, and by P. Freeman. jun. near Li
bei tv-Tree-
'I
This Day publijhed, price gd.
HYMNS and Spiritual SONGS,
on (evenl occaUons
By BRIDGET FLETCHER,
Late of Wes ford, deceaied.
Printed and told by I. I homas,
so» R Fletcher, of laid Wesford.
Just publijhed in
A MASTER KEY tO pope
ry ; nr>t,ti)i-g large OCtavo pages.
B/D. Antonio Gavin,
* Bom and educated in Spain, some ears Secular
Priest in the Church of Rome, and fiace 1715,
Mio-fter of the Church oi Erlend.
Sold by I. Thomas, at his Print
ing Office near the Market, and at hia Shop near
the Mill-bridge.
Jhu day num pub.ijhed, price 8Z
A SERMON preached at the
Thurs iay kfture in Boston, on OAober
lift, 1775. when LEVI AMES,, a young
min, under sentence of death, for burglary, to
be executed on that day, waa present to hear
the difcomfe.
By SAMUEL MATHER, D. D.
they that btnbtlt uted n»t apbyfictan l buttbey
that are tick. Mat. ix. tl.
Also ELIO Rs and STILMAN’s Sermons.
f Printed and fold by E. Ruaseu., next the
Corn-fi*id» in IRuon-ftreet.
7b/j Day Publijhtd, [Price
And SOLD by
JOHN BOYLE,
Next door to the Three Doves, in MaxL
borough-street,
A Sermon preached the Lord’s-
Day before the Execution of LEVI
A M E S, who fuffered Death for Burgla
ry, Oflober 21, 1773- From thcfe words
•n 43 Chao, of Luke, 23 verse, 7e Day jhalt
thou be with mt in Paradip.
By ANDREW ELIOT, D-D.
Subscribers are defned to call or fend for
their Books.
In December next will be Pubu/htd,
THE New-England and Nova-
Scotia REGIS I ER, wuh all the
British Lifts, and an Almanack for 1774.
The fubfcnbers intreat the favour of gcnt
tiemen tn office, in this and the neighbour
ing governments, to fend them, as soon as
may be, a corre& lift of their different de
partments ; the high fheriffs of the several
counties, in particu'ar, will greatly contribute
t v the ufefulnefs of this work by favouring
t epublifhers, with an exaft lift of their de
• ties, and the towns they reside in. The
printers are determined to (pare no pains in
. «e ideiiog the Ratifies for 1774 as compieat
4 id correct a* p< ffible. •
M ILLS and HIC k?.
Or, Thomas’s Bolton Journal.
THU R S D A Y, November 18, 1773.
Ibis day was publijhed,
Price 7 coppers Angle, and aos. O. F the dozen,
[llluftratcd with a neat Engraving,
of the Wicked Statesman, or
the Traitor to his Country, at
the hour of Death.]
And <0 be SOLD by
ISAIAH THOMAS,
At his Printing Office, near the Market, and at
his Shop, near the MJi B foge,
THE
Maflachufetts Calendar j
0», 4 N
ALMANACK
For the Year of our Lud Chaist, 1774 >
Being the fecor.d al er Leap Year.
By EZRA GLEASON.
C*kul»(ed for the Meridian of Boston, New-
England, lat. 42, neg a; min. noitn. but will
ferv*, in m It Nuva-acotia and the
four New England G' vcramemi.
This Almanack co.uams one quastfr pan
more than A m-nacks generally do, ana i*
embchilhed wah that which will wake it
Doth Ufefui and Entertaining.
CONTAINING,
A short piece on Pauioulm, or the Love
of one’s Country, (with an Engraving. J
The four Xafonsof the Year, cxhioiting
the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, and the
parts of the Body governed thereby, (with
a cut.)
The names of the Plane’* and Afpe&s;
Eclipses for the year 1774 ; Name* and
Character* of the Twelve Signs ; Remark
able Days; Time of the Superior and in
ferior Courts fitting tn the font New-Eng
land Government*; Sun's rising and h'tiug;
Time of H gh Water Morning and Even
ing ; Moon’s Rising and Sitting ; Change*
of the Moon ; Time of the Sun’* entering
the Twelve Signs* of the Zodiac | Judg
ment of the Weather; Vulgar Nota* tor
the year 1774. A L & 0,
Of the Sun; of the Earth ;of the Di
vifibiliiy of Matter; of the Fixed Star*.
An Account of a Woman'* being kilted
by an Erruption from the Earth, in a most
remarkable manner ; some Remarkable
Sayings; Mefcellanies j Maxims, which
every person ought to bear in mind $ some
Directions in Husbandry.
The UNBELIEVER’S CREED.
Ufeful and Approved Receipts, v z. for a
Billious Cholick j for an Aftmatick Cough;
From the Ear-Ach from Cold ; a very good
Eye Water ; for the Falling Sicknefa; for a
Flux; for the Gout in the Stomach ; for
the Gravel ; for the Itch ; for Sore and
Running Legs; for the Meaflcs ; for the
Cholick in Children ; to prevent Sea-Sick
ness ; a new Cure for the Tooth-Ach.
Some pieces of POE 1 RY, viz the en
tertaining Tale of the Farmer’s BLUN
DER; on the Twelve Signs; What is
Man ? the Lutanist ; the King of Europe,
ajeft. LIKEWISE,
Roads to the several Principal Towns in
the province, and the Continent, and the
best Houses of Entertainment, and the Dis
tance they are at from .be State-House, in
Boston, also the distance from one place to
another.
*s* Booksellers, Shop
keepers, Traders, &c. may be fuppliea on
very advantageous terms, to fell again, by
the Hundred, Groce or Dc.zen.
TO BE SOLD,
A Farm in the town of
M aiden, which contains iix
ty hve Acres of good im-
P <»* e d Land. Enquire of
John Bscham, io Chartes
luwu.
Ibis day publifl.ed,
Price 7 cepperi jr and per dazen.
Ard to be fold by
MILLS & HICKS,
At their Printing-Office in School Street,
Bickerstaffs Boston al
manack. for the year of our Redemp
tion 1774 ; being the Cecond after leap year,
the fourteenth of the reign of Gbosor HL and
from the creation of the world, according to the
best hiftorv, 5775, but the 78th from the horrid,
Popifli, Hiyh church. Jacobite Plot. Wherein
may be found all thinga n«c ff.iry, uses J, and
fitting for such a work. Calculated for the Me
ridian of Boston, N. E. lat 4*. sq. N.
Em belli Ihed witk a number of curioua
Engravings, viz.
I. The Head of Otegoowgoow, Son
of a New-Zealand Chief.
11. The Head of a Chief of New-Zea
land, according to their custom.
I JI. A rt p relent at ion of a War Canoe
of New Z -aland, that was between 50
and 60 fret long, rowed wi h 18 p id
dles, ancj adorned with a very fine head,-
two large eyes, a heqrt-fhaped tongue,
anJ feet and hands carved Very neatly ;
all engraved on copper,
IV. Head of King GEORGE JI.
V. Head of his preient Majesty, King
GEORGE 111.
VI. The Anatomy of man’s Body, as
governed by the Twelve ConfteUHtious.
CONTENTS.
The preface ; wherein the Author
complains of die caprices and prejudices
of mankind ; and paiticulmly of the
prerogative assumed, by Printers, over
perlons of his character and occupation
-tube traverse fteperior region, and are prope
Inhabitant} op another IVorH : After apolo
gifiug for hi* preface-writing, he draws
a iimil>* between the compiler of an Al
manack and a midwife ; and concludes
with a curious Dili nit ton of the word
Almanack.
Vacations at Harvard roHege.
Thoughts on teveral fubjeds.
An account of the natives of New-Zea
land, from a journal of a voyage to the
South-Seas, in his majedy’s Ihip the En
deavour. faithfully tranfenbed from the
papers of the late Sidney ParkinJbn,
Draughtfrnan to Joseph Banks, Esq; on
his late expedition round the World, by
John Hawkefwortli, L. L- D. [e bo-A
so highly esteemed, that the author received
6090 guinea! for the copy ]
Humerous poetical Jines by a gentle
man who lived in the neighbourhood of
some Iron mill*, and had a wife, whole
larum was too loud. The Wager.
The di red lineal deicent of George
111. and an ode add refled to hi* majesty.
A charader of England, (aid to have
been found among the polihumous pa
pers of St Everemont.
A curious method of lightening a fliip
in a storm.
Obliquity of the ecliptic for the firft
day of each month iu the year ; time of
the fun’s entrance into the twelve fignsj
eclipses j vulgar notes ; calendar ; judg
ment of the weather »• fun’s rising and
felting » moon’s place, rising, setting,
full and change ; time oi high watei
morning and Evening.
Pittance* of the principal towns
the continent from Boflon, with the in
termediate distances, in computed miles,
and tha best boufesfor traveller* to put
up at.
Time of the Superior and Inferior
Courts fitting in the province* of MaJL
chufetts Bay, New-HampUdre, Rhode-
Island oud Connedicut.
The Lawyers fair.
Friends yearly meetings.
A ufeful table of interett.
An account of ihe ink .bitants of Ota
heite, another newly dlfcovered Island in
th- Sontli Seas, containing, among ma
iiy other particulars, a description of a
iu<dt extraordinary focicty, called the
c o
"Numb. 146.
Arreoy, the members of whicli hart
olcended to a (cale of dissolute feufuality
wholly unknown to every other nation
whole manners have been recorded from
the beginning of the world to the pre
sent hour, and which no imagination
could poflibly conceive * it is composed
of both sexes, and tvery woman is com
mon to eveiy man ; the moment any of
theft women ate delivered of a child, it
is (mothered, to prevent it* being au io
cuinbrante to the parents, &c.
The fatal effeds of revenge.
The arc of dying worfted*, cottony
linens, &c. of various colours. How to
make fl tx (oft and mellow. Waters for
taking out spots in cloth, and for tak
ing off spots in the face and prevent the
hands from chopping. How to remove
freckles, fuitburn, tan and pimples la
the face, A fine water for beautifying
the face. Receipt*.
On FRIDAY, 19th of Novem.infV-
At TEN in the Murr.ing,
Vill be So’d by PUBLIC VENDUE*
At the H .ufc oi the late Chaslc* Ham.uk, in
Royal Exchange Lne, dtcealed,
ALL the House Furniture of the
fai<! deceafcd, co* filling of a moh giry
dclk.bcaureau, ( heft on chett d <w>, dining
ttbtei. To t*h’e», looking glaffet, feather bod’,
b: dilead* aud bedding, leather bottom and hair
bottom chai। * wi h mohoganv frame*, a neat
eight day c’ock,chamber red and white
& pper- late bed and window curtain*, a nea*
settee bed with curtain*, mohngany frame. A
g eat variety of China and G>sf* Wars, among
wh ch are two tea-table let* a variety of plait,,
sc tch carpet and painted canva* fl >or doth* ;
ail kind* of Kitchen Forni me, See. icc also,
Sterling and York Madeira,Claret,
I'onii* etc, Tent, L flun atd TenciiSe Wines,
nd « quantity of choice Viregar.
Martin Bicker,
Legs Leave toacqiaint the Public,
TH at he fells the tore part of the
da* at private fate, and would forth r m
form that it never wu in hia power to fell so
cheap a* at present j therefore fluteri himfelf
mu ft be a great Inducement for thcfe who have
er pine need hia former prices, to call for a (up
er' —
On THURSDAY next.
At ELEVEN o’clock.
Will be Sold by PUBLIC VENDUE,
At BI CK E R’s Audion-Room,
Near the Conduit,
A GREAT variety of GOODS
a* usual. M. BICKER, Auttioaear*
To be SOLD at the Shop of
Charles Lowe, .
In Marfhall’a-Lane, facing the Bostoß-
Stonk,
PINE Lisbon OIL, by the gallon.
Quirt or lefa.
Best Durham Mustard, by the
pound or less.
Red Herrings, by the hundred
or less.
Choice Dorchester Beer, by the
gallon or quart.
Fine Currants and Raisins, by
large or (mall quantitic*.
. Dumb and
the Quintal or (mailer quantity.
ALSO,
Loaf and brown Melofles,
Sugais, Cotton Wool,
Rice, Indigo,
Flour, Raifios,
Alfptce, Pepper,
Nutmeg*, -Spermaceti Oil,
Joffer, Dumb ? i(h,
Tea, India* and Rye MeaJ,
Chocolate, *c- &c,