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Shipping and Auction Notices From 1852 London Market
The document lists ships to sail in February and March 1852 from various ports including Ripon Alexandria and Plymouth, with routes to West Indies and the United States, plus multiple daily sailings to Dover Calais Ostend and Dublin. It also covers a London auction at Minney Lane for 923 boxes Havannah cigars and a vast catalog of commodities and exports such as bones, hides, skins, wool, coffee, sugar, spices, and tropical goods. The London Stock Exchange notes Consols steady at 97, flat in foreign stock, and mixed activity in cotton, with weather hazards and several shipwrecks and maritime incidents reported along the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripon
Alexandria
Bentinck
West Indies
Medway
Thames
Bremen
Washington
Plymouth
C. G. Hope
Sierra Leone
Cape de Verds
Hellespont
Liveebrool
United States
British North America
Arctic
Asia
Jersey
Dover
Calais
Ostend
Hony Hean
Dublin
Holland
Wambro
Hipheare
Amsterdam
Paris de
Antwerp
Frankfort
Stock Exchange
Coton
Liverpool
Pernam & Maranham
Surat
Shasea
Lloyd’s
Klarwieh
Aiche
Beachy
Thistle
Africa
Fishguard
Sarah
Charleston