This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 Excerpt: ... James', and the two following days. The other two fairs are called marts. The one held on the 18th November and three or four succeeding days, is the horse mart, but is not a fair of much consequence; and the other, called the beast mart, being for the sale of horned cattle, and now held on the 11th of December, is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 Excerpt: ... James', and the two following days. The other two fairs are called marts. The one held on the 18th November and three or four succeeding days, is the horse mart, but is not a fair of much consequence; and the other, called the beast mart, being for the sale of horned cattle, and now held on the 11th of December, is the remains of the great annual mart formerly held here, and which used to begin on St. Andrew's day, the 30th of November. For an account of this mart see the preceding pages. The weekly markets are two, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The former is the principal one, and at certain times in the year, immense quantities of cattle, particularly sheep, are sold therein. The Saturday market is principally for provisions-A market appears to have been held in Boston as early as 1308, when John of Brittany, Count of Richmond, had a charter granted him for that purpose1. The markets now held were granted by the charter of a. Patent Rolls, Tower. EE 37 Henry VIII., which enacts, that no market shall be held within seven miles round the borough. LITERARY SOCIETY. Mr. Johnson, in a letter to Mr. Neve, dated March 30th 1750, says, "here is a society forming on a literary design at Boston, different from a dividing book club they had here; wherein they bought pamphlets, dined together monthly, and divided the spoil at the end of the year, which might furnish them with waste paper until a new division came." This literary society does not appear to have existed long, as nothing more is upon record respecting it. NEWSPAPER. A newspaper, called the Boston Weekly Journal, was published in Boston from 1731 to 1739, when it was discontinued. The Boston Gazette, at present published in Boston, was commenced 3rd July, 1810. MAIL COACH. The letters from Boston ...
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