18 Jun 1828
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Newspaper
The Virginia Statesman
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1828
Page
1
A fragmentary 1822 advertisement lists domestic goods such as silks laces gloves and handkerchiefs alongside dry goods and groceries. It invites country merchants to purchase at low prices and to examine samples at their factory or at the place of manufacture, noting a cheap wholesale opportunity.
An odd tale follows a Dutch merchant Mynheer Von Wodendock in Rotterdam, as a painterly scene unfolds with a rich merchant fleeing along a canal toward Leyden. A British officer Ensign A recounts a bold card game in which a stranger in black arrives to finish the night, ending in fear and death.
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