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_GEORGE WHITEFIELD._ The Rev. Mr. WHITEFIELD preached on Tuesday and Saturday last, at the Old South Meeting-House, to large and crouded Auditories. * * * * * Marriage of Copley, the celebrated painter, from the "Chronicle," Nov. 20, 1769. Last Thursday Mr. _John Singleton Copley_ was married to Miss _Sukey Clarke_ Daughter of _Richard Clarke_, Esq; and Mr. _Joshua Henshaw_, jun. to Miss _Katherine Hill_, Daughter of Col. _John Hill_. * * * * * Thomas Britt Would take a few young Ladies, _&c._ to teach them Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, at his School near the Cornfield. ALSO, French taught and translated by said _Britt_. _Boston Gazette_, April 27, 1767. * * * * * Where were or where was, as the case might be, the "Cornfields" or "Cornfield" of Boston in 1763? Martin Gay kept a store or lived near there, and in 1767 Master Britt kept a school for young ladies near the "Cornfield." Choice English Peas at the North-Mills, TO BE SOLD, by the larger or smaller Quantity, at a low Rate, Enquire of _William Paine_ at said Mills, or of _Martin Gay_, near the Cornfields, _Boston_. Dec. 12, 1763. * * * * * When we remember the old pictures and portraits of stately ladies with high headdresses and gentlemen with wigs, the following advertisements are interesting:-- Joshua Davis, _Peruke-Maker_. HEREBY informs his Customers, and others, That he has Remov'd his Shop from the Head of the Long Wharf, next the Crown Coffee House, to the first Shop in Mackrell Lane, next the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, where they may be serv'd with Fidelity and Dispatch. --> Said _Davis_ makes the neatest and most fashionable Wiggs, at a moderate Rate. _Boston Gazette_, Feb. 18, 1761. * * * * * A genteel Gold Watch, made by _Marmaduke Storr_, to be Sold, inquire of the Printers. Sept. 14, 1761. * * * * * A few Genteel Grey and light Grey London-made WIGS, to be s
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