Mourning badge for Washington.
A very ingenious and elegant mourning Vignette, ſtamped on ſattin ribbon, for the purpoſe of being worn by the Ladies on public occaſions, is for ſale at Mr. Thomas Brewer's ſhop in Cornhill. The device contains a profile buſt of the deceaſed WASHINGTON in an obeliſk, with the trophies of war, and the arms of the U.S.; round the monument are nymphs in the poſture of mourning; and on the baſe are inſcribed in legible characters the initials of his name, and the date of his birth and death.
E. Russell's Gazette, Jan. 16, 1800.
Temple of Fame in Boston, with a real eagle, in 1800.
Temple of Fame.
Mr. Bowen reſpectfully informs the public that the Museum is again opened, with additions and improvements. An excellent figure of GEN. WASHINGTON will appear in a Temple of Fame, expreſſive of the late melancholy event.—The Young Ladies which represent the Siſter States (with a real Eagle hovering over) will be ſeen with ſuitable alterations:—with a variety of rural decorations of Groves and Foreſts.
Jan. 2.
Boston Gazette.
Families used to live in State Street, Boston, in 1796.