ECU Libraries Catalog

Advertisement : We do hereby certify, that Mr. Francisco Torres, a native of France, has brought with him some snake stones, which he bought amongst the Spaniards, come from China, which snake stones have the virtue of curing the bites of any venomous or poisonous creatures, such as snakes, scorpions or mad dogs ... This we testify for truth: Rhode-Island in New-England, October 12. 1740. Thomas Saquin, William Hatton, Samuel Hobert.

Author/creator Saquin, Thomas
Other author/creatorHatton, W. (William)
Other author/creatorHobert, Samuel.
Other author/creatorDuche, Anthony.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1743?]
Description1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14011. ^A478749
General noteFollowed by instructions for using the stones, and a statement testifying to their curing powers, signed by Anthony Duche and dated at Philadelphia, April the 5th. 1743.
General notePossibly Evans 14011, an advertisement by Anthony Duche, for which no copy is located.
References Evans 14011
References Bristol B1069
References Shipton & Mooney 40185
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14011).
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 40185).
Genre/formBroadsides.
Genre/formAdvertisements Patent medicines.