In September, 1767, those persons who were indebted to Mr. George Bray and who did not wish to be waited upon by a "monitor"—otherwise a constable—were reminded of their duty in the following quaint notice from the "Boston Gazette:"—
IF thoſe who are indebted to Mr.
George Bray will pay what they owe him to me his Attorney on or before the 26th Day of next Month, they will ſave me the Trouble of ſending, and themſelves of paying a MONITOR, who will at leaſt remind them that in ancient Times People were deſired to "OWE NO MAN ANY THING, BUT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER": Which I believe is as obligatory, I am ſure as neceſſary, to be obſerved now as it was then; eſpecially conſidering Mr. Bray's repeated Loſſes by Fire, his having a large Family to maintain, and alſo being a long Time out of Buſineſs.
Boſton, Sept. 26, 1767. JOHN BALL.
N.B. Beware of ſuing, for no further Warning
will be given. J.B.
In 1767 Widow Hendry had "a very chargeable family," and had suffered by a recent fire in "Paddy's Alley."
This is to give notice that the
Widow Hendry, having had her Workſhop deſtroyed in the late Fire in Paddy's Alley, carries on the Farrier's Buſineſs on Scarlet's Wharf, at the North End, where ſhe hopes her Cuſtomers will continue their Favors to her, in her deplorable Circumſtances, having a very chargeable Family, and met with very heavy Loſſes by the ſaid Fire.