STAMPED LINEN. These are to Inform the Publick, that I the Subscriber propose to come once more to Boston; if any Person or Persons have old sheets or Linnen to stamp, they are desired to leave them at the House of _James Nichol_ in School Street, next door to the French Meeting House; and if they send them in four Weeks from this Date, they shall have them in March next without fail. As Witness my Hand, _Sarah Hunt_.--_Boston Gazette_, Dec. 22, 1747. STOVES. New-fashion Fire-Places or Stoves from Philadelphia, to be sold by _Thomas Wade_.--_Boston News-Letter_, Jan. 31, 1745. JUST PUBLISHED. An account of the new-invented Pennsylvania Fire-Place: Wherein their construction and manner of operation is particularly explained; their Advantages above every other method of warming Rooms demonstrated; And all objections that have been raised against the Use of them, answered and obviated. Sold by _C. Harrison_, over against The Brazen-Head in Cornhill.--_Boston News-Letter_, Feb. 7, 1745. TAILOR. William Jones, a tailor, had one half of his fine remitted at Salem Court.--_Essex Co. Court Records_, December, 1642. Daniel Gaines of Lynn, aged 11 years, was apprenticed for 8 years to Luke Potter of Concord to learn the "skill and mistery" of a tailor.--_Essex Co. Court Records_, March, 1649. John Bourne, a tailor, was making clothes in Gloucester, in 1652. John Annable of Ipswich, tailor, was living there as early as 1641. WATER ENGINE. There is newly erected in the Town of Boston, by Messieurs John and Thomas Hill, a Water-Engine at their Still-house, by the Advice and Direction of Mr. Rowland Houghton, drawn by a Horse, which delivers a large quantity of Water twelve Feet above the Ground. This being the first of the kind in these Parts, we thought taking Notice of it might be of Publick Service, inasmuch as a great deal of Labour is saved thereby.--_Boston Gazette_, Jan. 15-22, 1733. WHEELWRIGHT. John Robinson, a wheelwright, was living in Ipswich as early as 1635, only two years after the settlement of the town. CHAPTER XI CONCERNING SHIPPING AND TRADE