Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

28th February 1750

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For the Book of Short Writing, mentioned in the last, Subscriptions are taken in by Mr. J. Hodges, on London-Bridge; Mr. J. Clark, under the Royal Exchange ; Mr. J. Oswald, in the Poultry, Mr. G. Keith, Mercers-Chapel; Mr. J. Buckland, and Mrs. M. Cooper, Paternoster-Row ; Mr. Owen, near Temple-Bar, Booksellers.

Each Subscriber to pay two Shillings and Six pence down, and Five Shillings more on the delivery of the Book, stitch'd in Blue-Paper. The whole Art will be compriz'd in a few Pages, but there will be several Psalms and Chapters out of the Old and New Testament, and other practical Improvements to render it a sufficient Instructor of itself.

N.B. Any Person by applying to T. Gurney, Clockmaker, near the Mitre Christ Church Surry, may have a view of the Alphabet (how Simple) the Persons, Moods and Tenses, (how naturally connected with it) and also, all the arbitary Characters made use on which are very few, and Volumes for Specimen, and all Letters Post-paid from any Subscriber shall be duly answered.




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