Charles-Town, March 18, 1769. To be sold, on Wednesday the 29th instant

This broadside was printed in 1769 in Charles-Town, South Carolina, at the press of Peter Timothy. It served as a commercial advertisement for Thomas-Loughton and Roger Smith, a prominent merchant firm of the era, announcing an upcoming sale of imported goods. Such broadsides were essential tools in colonial commerce, functioning as public notices to announce the arrival of merchant vessels laden with luxury items, textiles, and hardware from London to the affluent planter class in South Carolina.

The document was produced during a period of rising political tension in the American colonies, when merchant activity was deeply entwined with the non-importation agreements that preceded the Revolutionary War. Printed at Timothy's office on Broad Street, the piece reflects the standard typography and layout characteristic of mid-18th-century colonial printing. These ephemeral notices were rarely intended for long-term preservation, making extant copies important records of both the mercantile infrastructure of the time and the history of colonial print culture.