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Grocer and Draper Advertises Cheap Cloths and Goods
A long colonial era advertisement lists Woollen-draper goods at King’s Head Ave-mary Lane near Ludgate, offering cheap black cloths, liveries, and coach-maker cloths. It also promotes various printed books and cures for scurvy with claims of miraculous efficacy, mentioning locations in London and prices, with notices about fairs in Cleobury Mortimer and other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Head
Ave-mary Lane
Ludgate-frecet
House of Commons
Raymond
J. Jones
Rondop
Welminster
Aek
Theophilus Dorrington
Wisterham
Kent
Edward Lake
London
Samuel Butker
Bernard
Tania Holborn
K. James
Francis Lacon
Kat
Cleobury
Cleobury Mortimer
Salopg
William Lacon Childe
Ely
Haydon-yard