1698. Benjamin (2) was married in due course, and his son Ben- 

 jamin (3) was born in 1740. The third Benjamin was the father 

 of Benjamin (4), who was born in 1766. In 1789 Benjamin (4) 

 married Sarah Young, the daughter of Daniel Young, and their 

 son Benjamin (5) was born in 1792. The Benjamin Warren who 

 operated the shop in Plymouth probably was Benjamin Warren (3), 

 who was then about 45 years of age.^^^ 



A search of The Plymouth Journal & Massachusetts Advertiser has 

 revealed several advertisements and notices (fig. 60) about Ben- 

 jamin Warren from which some information can be derived about 

 the man and his business during this period. The first known 

 notice dated March 19, 1785, probably is the most important one. 

 Later in the same year, on August 16, 1785, Warren published the 

 following notice: 



WHEREAS on Friday Morning of the 5th inst. eloped from the House of the 

 subscriber, Inholder in Plymouth, JOHx\ MOREY, of NORTON, of tall 

 stature, & round shoulder'd. Had on when he absconded, a shabby claret 

 coloured coat, adorned with patches, and a pair of dirty smoak'd coloured 

 breeches; without knee-buckles; and an old flopped hatt, defaced with grease. 

 As he appeared to be an enterprising genius, without abilities, politeness or 

 honesty, and went off in an abrupt and clandestine manner; a reward oi Six- 

 pence will be paid, to any person or persons, who will persuade or induce the 

 said Morey to make his appearance once more to the subscriber. 



It is obvious that Warren was not considerably concerned about 

 the return of John Morey, for the reward offered was scarcely 

 conducive to obtain the public's cooperation. Warren's first 

 ventures with public sales must have been successful, for early in 

 the next year, in the issue of January 3, 1786, he announced that 



Benjamin Warren^ 



PROPOSES to open a convenient AUCTION-ROOM, over the Shop he now 

 trades in, next week. Any Gentlemen that will furnish him with goods of any 

 kind for Public or Private sale, on Commission, shall be served with fidelity, 

 and the smallest favours in that way gratefully acknowledged. 



The next notice of the auction-room appeared on February 21, 

 1786, when the newspaper advertised that 



"^ Silvio A. Bedini, "A Compass Card by Paul Revere (?)", Yale Library 

 Gazette (July 1962), no. 2. pp. 36-38; William T. Davis, Ancient Landmarks of 

 Plymouth (Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1883). 



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