vendues

At all public gatherings, general musters, "vendues" or auctions, and even funerals, whisky flowed with extraordinary freedom.

The Conquest of the Old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 Archibald Henderson 1920

Holland, but Goods there run high, and the retailing vendues which are tolerated here ruin the Shopkeepers.

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 9 December 1781 1973

Again, Poor Richard says, _'Tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance_; and yet this folly is practiced every day at vendues for want of minding the _Almanac_.

One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus

Again, Poor Richard says, "'tis foolish to lay out money in a purchase of repentance;" and yet this folly is practiced every day at vendues for want of minding the almanac.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

On either side of the door were tacked up notices of vendues, lotteries, public proclamations, and the appointment of administrators.

Ben Comee A Tale of Rogers's Rangers, 1758-59

Pennsylvania vendues (auctions), fairs, and cider pressing (besides husking bees and house raisings) were occasions for social gatherings and dances.

A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

To this day at vendues or sales of old country households in New

Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881

These sales or vendues were frequently held at taverns.

Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881

Resolved, that so much of the governor's message as refers to the act of October 1777, entitled an act to prevent forestalling, regrating, engrossing and public vendues, be referred to the committee for courts of justice.

Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Called Session of 1863. Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1863

In the first volume of the Revised Code of 1819, page 551, I find an act which was passed in 1777, entitled "an act to prevent forestalling, regrating, engrossing and public vendues;" which, with very slight amendments, would, if re-enacted, check in great measure this growing evil.

Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Called Session of 1863. Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1863