The Virginia Gazette

Today in the 1770s: May 29

WILLIAMSBURG, May 29, 1779.
The sale of Mr. Alexander Purdie's estate (which was postponed) will commence on Tuesday the 8th of June, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at his late dwellinghouse. The EXECUTORS.

Virginia Gazette (Dixon & Nicolson) May 29, 1779
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Alexander Purdie published the Virginia Gazette in partnership with other printers until late in 1774 when he went into business for himself. He published his Virginia Gazette from 1775 until his death in 1779 in the building that had been (and is again) Tarpley's store.

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