A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times.Sampson, Henry
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A History of Advertising from the Earliest Times.
Sampson, Henry
Advertising -- History
_Died_, last week at Acton, George Villers, Esq; formerly page of the
preference to queen Anne, said to have died worth 30,000l.--Mr Ryley,
a pay-master serjeant, as he was drinking a pint of beer at the Savoy.
_D. J._--On friday Mr Feverel, master of the bear and rummer tavern in
Gerard-street, who was head cook to king William and queen Anne,
reputed worth 40,000l. _P._--Mr Favil. _D. P._--Mr Favel. _D. J._--Mr
Fewell, 21,000l. _D. A._
On March 14, also of 1734, there is this:--
_Died_ on tuesday in Tavistock-street, Mr Mooring, an eminent mercer,
that kept Long’s warehouse, said to have died worth 60,000l. _D.
J._--_This was 5 days before he did die, and_ 40,000l. _more than he_
died worth _according to_ D. P. _Mar. 12_.
And on the 28th this:--
_Died_ yesterday morning admiral Mighelles. _C._--Mighells.
_P._--Mighills. _D. P._--A gentleman belonging to the earl of Grantham
was found dead in his bed. _P._
And so on, there being announcements in every number, many of which
showed differences in the daily-paper notices. There are also plenty of
marriage announcements, which, as a rule, give the amounts obtained with
the ladies, and sometimes the gentlemen’s fortunes. The following is
from the _G. S. J._ of February 21, 1734:--
_Married_, yesterday at S. James’s church by the right rev. Dr Hen.
Egerton, lord bishop of Hereford, the hon. Francis Godolphin, of
Scotland-yard, Esq; to the 3d daughter of the countess of Portland, a
beautiful lady of 50,000l. fortune. _P._--Will. Godolphin, Esq; to the
lady Barbara Bentinck, &c. _D. P._--At the chapel-royal, at S.
James’s: youngest daughter, &c. _D. J._ _D. A._
A few weeks later on there is this:--
_Married_ this day the countess of Deloraine, governess to the
princesses Mary and Louisa, to Will. Wyndham, Esq; son to the late
col. Wyndham. _L. E._--_They were not_ married _’till_ 10 at night.
And on April 25 this:--
_Married_ a few days since -- Price, a Buckinghamshire gentleman of
near 2000l. per ann. to miss Robinson of the Theatre Royal in
Drury-lane. _L. E._--On tuesday, the lord Visc. Faulkland to the lady
Villew, relict of the late lord Faukland, a lady of great merit and
fortune. _D. P._--Mr Price’s marriage is entirely false and
groundless. _D. A. Ap. 24._
There are in the _Journal_, as well as in contemporary and earlier
papers, occasional references to births as well, but none calling for
any comment at our hands. In the _Gentleman’s Magazine_ of February 1736
there are two notices of deaths, one commencing the list, which is
curious, and the other immediately following, which cannot fail to be
interesting:--
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