Professor of Early American History, @AssumptionUMA; Director of @SlaveAdverts250; 18th-Century Advertising & Ephemera Enthusiast; Daily #Adverts250 Update
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Huzzah! Yesterday marked ten years of daily publication of the #Adverts250 Project. Today the project begins its eleventh year examining adverts from the era of the American Revolution & what they reveal about early American culture, commerce, & politics.
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What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“Members of the New York Whaling Company are desired to meet… in Newark.”
Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for November 2
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1… (Image: @Readex)
Newspapers published during the era of the American Revolution contributed to the perpetuation of slavery.
Adverts 250 Project: Slavery Advertisements Published 250 Years Ago Today on November 2, 1776
@SlaveAdverts #Adverts250
View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
Carl Robert Keyes 🏳️🌈 retweeted
Mike Rogers will be another rubber stamp for Donald Trump’s dangerous agenda. We can’t afford to give MAGA another Senate seat in November. #MISEN
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“A Boarding-School”
“EVENING SCHOOL for Youth of Both Sexes”
“EVENING SCHOOL at the Town-House”
Adverts 250 Project: Advertisements for November 1
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
Newspapers published during the era of the American Revolution contributed to the perpetuation of slavery.
Adverts 250 Project: Slavery Advertisements Published 250 Years Ago Today on November 1, 1776
@SlaveAdverts #Adverts250
View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“PUFFING, is not his Talent.”
Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for October 31
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1… (Image: Independent Chronicle, 10/31/1776, @Readex)
Newspapers published during the era of the American Revolution contributed to the perpetuation of slavery.
Adverts 250 Project: Slavery Advertisements Published 250 Years Ago Today on October 31, 1776
@SlaveAdverts #Adverts250
View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“The extraordinary Advance in the Price of Paper … has obliged them to raise the Price.”
Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for October 30
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
Newspapers published during the era of the American Revolution contributed to the perpetuation of slavery.
Adverts 250 Project: Slavery Advertisements Published 250 Years Ago Today on October 30, 1776
@SlaveAdverts #Adverts250
View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
Carl Robert Keyes 🏳️🌈 retweeted
There is no way - or should be no way - for the government to know whom you voted for. That's what a secret ballot means.
🚨 NOW: Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces there will be a FOLLOW-UP with voters who cast their ballot for the fake Dan Sullivan, to see if they meant to vote for the REAL Sen. Dan Sullivan
If enough voters were duped, this should be allowed to FLIP the race in the GOP Senator's favor if Peltola's scheme steals the seat!
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“Different kinds of beer, as usual, equal in quality to any in this city.”
Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for October 29
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1… (Image: @Readex)
Newspapers published during the era of the American Revolution contributed to the perpetuation of slavery.
Adverts 250 Project: Slavery Advertisements Published 250 Years Ago Today on October 29, 1776
@SlaveAdverts #Adverts250
View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“WANTED … a Parcel of CONGRESS NOTES, with which he intends to paper some Rooms.”
Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for October 28
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
Newspapers published during the era of the American Revolution contributed to the perpetuation of slavery.
Adverts 250 Project: Slavery Advertisements Published 250 Years Ago Today on October 28, 1776
@SlaveAdverts #Adverts250
View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“JOURNALS of the PROCEEDINGS of CONGRESS, held at Philadelphia from January to May 1776."
Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advertisement for October 27
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“They will oblige him to discontinue their Papers, and adopt disagreeable Modes to do himself Justice.”
Adverts 250 Project: Advertisement for Oct. 26
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
Newspapers published during the era of the American Revolution contributed to the perpetuation of slavery.
Adverts 250 Project: Slavery Advertisements Published 250 Years Ago Today on October 26, 1776
@SlaveAdverts #Adverts250
View them here: adverts250project.org/2026/1…
Carl Robert Keyes 🏳️🌈 retweeted
WTAF are the velvet ropes for?????
This is Obama's Oval Office: an ambience and atmosphere that invites conversation, negotiation, and a quiet respite.
It doesn't look like Trump's garish pro-wrestler's dressing room or a Turkish brothel.
What was advertised in a revolutionary American newspaper 250 years ago today?
“SAMUEL LOUDON, (Late Printer and Bookseller in NEW YORK).”
Adverts 250 Project: Featured Advert for October 25
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Learn more: adverts250project.org/2026/1… (Image: Connecticut Gazette, @Readex)
