MEDIA Show Media Credit: the Colonial Williamsburg FoundationOriginal Author: Thomas RyanCreated: ca. 1780Medium: Newspaper advertisementPublisher: the Colonial Williamsburg FoundationTobacco Auction in LiverpoolThomas Ryan, tobacco broker, advertises an auction of "Fine James River Tobacco" scheduled to take place at a coffeehouse in Liverpool. This advertisment appeared in an English newspaper about 1780.FEATURED INTobacco in Colonial VirginiaIndentured Servants in Colonial VirginiaBoard of Trade