Happy First Friday of November! Here is your “First Friday Flashback,” graciously provided by Betsy Curler:
Text of 1823 advertisement for Sherman Morgan at stud:
Lord North
THAT noted Horse, Lord North, (otherwise called the Sherman horse,) formerly owned in Lyndon, Vt. will be kept the ensuing season, at the following places,:– On Monday in each week, at Captain Jackman’s stable in Goffstown till 2 o’clock, p.m. from 5, p.m. on Mondays, till 2 on Tuesdays, at Rogers’ stable in Hopkinton village; from 5 p.m. on Tuesdays till 2 p.m. on Wednesdays, at John Parker’s stable in Warner; from 5 p.m. on Wednesdays till 2 p.m. on Thursdays, at Mr. Bailey’s stable near the south meeting-house in Sutton; from 5 p.m. on Thursdays till 8 a.m. on Fridays, at John Raymond’s stable in Bradford; from 12 noon, on Fridays till 12, noon, on Saturdays at Hillsborough Bridge.
The Lord North was sired by the old Morgan Horse, well known at Randolph, Danville, Montpelier, and through the centre and north part of Vermont. Some of his stock are among the finest horses in New-England, and bear the highest prices of any breed of horses, which are offered in Boston market.
Enquiries may be made at Spurr’s, and Soper’s livery stables in Boston, here some of the stock may be seen. The famous mare, formerly owned by Adams & Redfield in Londonderry, and sold in Boston for Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, was sired by the same horse, and may be seen at Spurr’s stable.
The Lord North is not exceeded in points, speed, and figure, by any horse in New-England, and resembles the Old Morgan Horse, in size and colour. Terms, as stated in handbills.
Goffstown, May 5. JOHN LANGDON
(Woodcut of Sherman Morgan.)
