Marriage advertisement appears in the Boston Evening Post.
1759
It reads, “OBJECT (WE HOPE) MATRIMONY. To the Ladies. Any young Lady between the Age of Eighteen and twenty three of a Midling Stature; brown Hair, regular Features and a Lively Brisk Eye: Of Good Morals & not Tinctured with anything that may Sully so Distinguishable a Form possessed of 3 or 400 pounds entirely her own Disposal and where there will be no necessity of going Through the tiresome Talk of addressing Parents or Guardians for their consent.” Women who are interested in responding are advised to contact “A.W. at the British Coffee House in King Street” and assured that “Profound Secrecy will be observ’d.”
Sources
- Atlantic Monthly