A New York man, young, good-looking, clever (1898)

Personal1898

AM A NEW YORK MAN, young, good-looking, clever; returned this week from Atlin solely for purpose meeting young maiden or widow matrimonially inclined with some capital to assist me in splendid money-making interests positively secured; personal interview by appointment. Address G 52, care Post-Intelligencer.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 11, 1898, p. 18. View the original page at the Library of Congress

In plain English

A young New York man who describes himself as handsome and clever has just come back from Atlin, and says his only reason is to meet a young single woman or widow who wants to marry and has money to invest in his guaranteed business opportunities. Meetings by appointment.

Who wrote it, and to whom

Newspaper	Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington
Date	December 11, 1898, page 18
Written by	A man from New York
Addressed to	Single women or widows with capital
Where	Replies to the Post-Intelligencer

Context

Atlin, in northern British Columbia, had its own gold rush in 1898. The ad's promises of splendid, positively secured interests read, to modern eyes, like a warning sign.

In the Personals Dictionary

With a view to matrimony Box, care of the office

Tagged

gold rush written by men

How to cite this ad

“A New York man, young, good-looking, clever.” Personal advertisement, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, Washington), December 11, 1898, p. 18. Transcribed in The Personals Archive, AseeksB, https://www.aseeksb.com/archive/1898-seattle-post-intelligencer-new-york-man-back-from-atlin.html.

Public domain in the United States: published before 1931.

Transcribed from the page image and checked against the original; spelling and punctuation are as printed, and words broken across lines are rejoined. The printed page number is blotted; it most likely reads 18 but could be 16. Capital letters are also as printed: papers set the first line of each ad in capitals, so the capitals stop wherever that line ended, sometimes in the middle of a word.

← 1898: A struggling widow seeks a widower of wealth 1902: A middle-aged widow, with some means →

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