George Stevens announces he has removed to the place lately occupied by Mr. William King, Merchant, of this place (the house where Col. William Deakins has lived for many years past). There are still, to this day, William Kings in business in Georgetown. Mr. George Stevens also advertises: Any gentleman wanting to buy Ginseng may by giving a few days notice find a supply from said Stevens from One to Five Thousand weight. And this from the _Times and Potowmack Packet_, April 21, 1790: Charles Fierer & Co. Gentlemen may have their Coats of Arms or other devices cut on Glass and fancy pieces executed by sending their orders. Also these items: Doctors Beatty and Martin have just received from Philadelphia and Baltimore: Opium, Mercury, Jolap, Ipecacoanha, Nitre, Glanker Salts, Gum Kino, Columbo root, assorted vials, carts, etc. Red and other Bark. Dr. Magruder has lately received an elegant supply of most fashionable paper hangings--and his usual Assortment of Drugs and Medicines. He catered to various tastes of his patrons: Dr. Cozens has just opened a general assortment of Drugs and Medicines in the house formerly occupied by Mr. Andrew McDonald in Water Street, opposite to Mr. James King's Wharf, which he means to sell at a moderate price. He likewise offers his services to the public as a practitioner of physic, surgery and midwifery. Mrs. Cozens also informs the ladies that she practices Midwifery and from her experience and universal success she flatters herself she shall give satisfaction to all those who favor her with their commands. Mr. Gardette, Dentist, respectfully informs the public that he is arrived in George Town, where he proposes staying two weeks or thereabouts. He has taken lodgings at Mr. Semmes' Tavern. Another poor soul who was in trouble inserted this advertisement: It is terrible to my feelings, but I am compelled to give notice that I intend petitioning the next General Assembly for an act of Insolvency in my favor. A few months later he advertised thus: Having taken the house in this place lately occupied by Mr. James Clagett, between the College and the River, a pleasant and healthy situation, I will take four or five boys as boarders at the usual rates, paid quarterly. So let us hope he got "on his feet" again. John Stevens, merchant, advertised himself thusly: My weights are good, my measures just, My friends I am too poor to trust. July 15, 1780. Apparently they had plenty of newspapers. In 1789 _The Times and Potowmack Packet_; in 1790 _The Weekly Ledger_ (an appropriate name for this town of counting houses); in 1796 _The Sentinel of Liberty_, a more high-flown name; in 1801, _The Museum_, and a great many more as time went on.