yeoldenews: Some runaways ads make me so curious about the person’s life. I want to know more
yeoldenews:Some runaways ads make me so curious about the person’s life. I want to know more about Lawrence the left-handed, snuff addicted, Dutch wood carver with mismatched shoe buckles, who couldn’t speak English, but could speak Turkish for some reason.Also apparently Brian Wilkinson (who specialized in carving ship figureheads but also owned a marble quarry and did work on Independence Hall) may not have been the greatest person to work for, as I found six separate runaway ads placed by him between 1749 and 1757.(source: The Pennsylvania Gazette, March 26, 1754.) -- source link
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