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Medford advertising in 1776.
Two men, natives of Medford, were engaged in the editing and publication of a weekly paper at Salem, called the Essex Gazette. Soon after the battle of Lexington, they moved to Cambridge, establishing themselves in Stoughton Hall, remaining there till the evacuation of Boston by the British.
The name New England Chronicle was prefixed to its former one; these men therein styled themselves simply Printers and the paper was issued on Thursdays.
Examination of a file of the above paper for the first three months of that eventful year, reveals several advertisements and items of interest to Medford readers, some of which we notice.
On January 15, the Colony of New Hampshire, by its Paymaster Samuel Hobart, offered one hundred dollars reward for the discovery of some evil minded person or persons who did steal and carry away between two and three hundred pounds lawful money, emitted by said colony.
It was taken from out the house of Benjamin Hall,