Regency Advertisements: Old School Go-Fund Me

Morning Herald, 4 November 1818

In the advertisement section of many newspapers, mostly in London, were often snippets addressed “To the Affluent and Humane” pleading cases of families fallen on hard times, begging for donations and support.  This was the first such post that caught my attention when I was looking for something else entirely.

 


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