[Illustration: _This advertisement is dated “_At_ Glasgow _the 25th February, 1744-5_.” It actually appeared in the _Virginia Gazette_ of June 6, 1745, more than three months after Thomas Clendinning penned it. With transatlantic postal service so slow, the mail-order business that Clendinning solicited must have been less than rushing. It appears that he did not advertise in the _Virginia Gazette_ again._] THOMAS CLENDINNING, Wig-Maker, in _GLASGOW_, UNDERTAKES to furnish all the Gentlemen in _Virginia_, that are pleased to favour him with their Commands, in WIGS of _all Sorts and Fashions_, at the Prices under-mentioned, according to the Goodness and Size; in which Particular he promises to restrict himself to the lowest Rates he charges any of his Customers living in _Glasgow._ He is always posses’d of a large Stock of the _best HAIRS of all Colours_; and, as he proposes to keep the _best Workmen in his Employ_, and to regulate his _Fashions_ by the _present Mode_ at _LONDON_, he makes no Doubt of giving _entire Satisfaction_ both in the _Goodness_ and _Cheapness_ of his WORK, which will be considerably under the _London_ Prices. _Fair Bob Wigs_, from 30 _sh._ to 3 _l._ _Grizled Brigadier Wigs_ and _Roses_, from 14 _sh._ to 30 _sh._ _Grizled Spencer Wigs_ and _Roses_, from 14 _sh._ to 25 _sh._ _Grizled Bobs, Long_ and _Short_, from 14 _sh._ to 30 _sh._ _Brown Brigadier_ and _Spencer Wigs_, from 10 _sh._ 6 _d._ to 16 _sh._ 6 _d._ _Black Bobbs_ and _Black Naturals_, from 8 _sh._ to 12 _sh._ _Pale_ and _Brown Bobs_, of the best Kinds, from 8 _sh._ to 12 _sh._ And all _Sorts_ for BOYS. The Method he would propose to take in answering his _Commissions_, is as follows: “That the Gentlemen forward their Orders to himself, or to any of their Friends in _Glasgow_, expressing the Colour, Fashion of the Wigs, and Dimensions of the Caul, and the Price about which they would have the Wigs made up. “Or, if they lodge a _Memorandum_, as above-mentioned, at the _Rawleigh_ Tavern in _Williamsburg_, several Copies of the same will be forwarded to him by different Opportunities, and he will immediately, upon a Receipt thereof, have the Wigs wrought up agreeable to the Directions, and sent to _Virginia_ by the first Ship that offers, directed to the same House, where they may be called for. “Upon Delivery of the Wigs, the first-cost Price to be paid at the current Exchange, together with the common Premium of Insurance, and Six Pence a-Pound, as Commission, for the Trouble of receiving and delivering the Wigs, and remitting the Money from _Virginia_. “He will charge nothing for the Boxes nor Freight: And, if the Wigs do not please at Sight, the Gentlemen are not bound to take them.