Robert Laurie - Bodleian Libraries, Cries of London
Summary
Writing blank of 1802 entitled The cries of London; Mount has manuscript annotation: "watermarked 1818"; Halfpenny show box; Fine native oysters, three a penny; Old chairs to mend; Shoe strings, a penny a pair, a penny a pair; Past 12. O'clock and a cloudy morning; Buy my mackerel, my fine live mackerel; Fine China oranges. Two for three half-pence; Any lilly-white sand oh! my pretty maids to day; Two for a penny, young lambs to sell; Oars or scullers your Honor; Come buy my primroses, two bunches a penny; Cries of London
Tags
Date
01/11/1802
Source
Bodleian Libraries University of Oxford
Copyright info
public domain