Financial Summary of South Sea and Related Securities
A snapshot of bond and annuity prices including South Sea Stack at 100 and 3 qrs, New South Sea Annuities at 169 7 Sths with other issues like Bank 143, India 1723.3 qrs, Three per Cent Annuities 106, Royal Exchange Assurance rog to 1 half, London ditto up to 4 8ths, African 15, Souren Sea Bonds 4 11s, Premium India ditto 61 14s, Sale Tallies x co 5, Mine Adventure Shares 6, Seven per Cent Emperor's Loan 112.5 Sths, Five per Cent ditto 102 5 qrs, Exchequer Orders 8 qr per Cent Prem, Three per Cent ditto 23 qrs, Lottery Tickets g 175.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Prem
Ditco
Mine Adventure
Ditto
London Stocks Market Closed and Fleet Market Opens
Notice from August 5 1737 that the Stocks Market will be discontinued and the Fleet Market near the Fleet will open on September 30. Applicants may seek shops stalls shambles or stands by contacting the Common Council Committee at Guildhall, London, with meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at four o clock. Rent will be free until Lady Day next. continuation after Lady Day to be agreed upon by March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Committee of Common Council
Guildhall
Kent
Re-examined early modern interest tables and ledgers
A late 17th or early 18th century pamphlet by Richard Hayes offers printed tables for calculating interest at multiple rates, salary and wage casting aids, and exchange comparisons between Amsterdam and London. It includes a Ship and Supercargo Book-keeper and guidance to tally accounts, with related works on stocks, roads, annuities, and brokerage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Richard Hayes
Princes-street
W. Meadows
Angel
Cornhill
Europe
East-Indies
SixTy Epinion of HE Independent Whig Defends Primitive Christianity
This Day is published with a third volume addition to the SixTy Epinion, defending primitive Christianity and our establishment against fanatical clergymen. Printed for J. Peele and sold by J. Osborn at the Golden Ball in Pater-noster Row. The third volume may be independent to complete sets for buyers of the first two volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Peele
J. Osborn
Winchester
Abraham Markland
St.Cross
Bishop Moor
Samuel Clarke
St. James’s
Westminster
Price
Rafil Kenner
Corpus Christi College
Oxford
St. Mary-le-Bow
London
Robert Boyle
John Long
Norwich
St.Mary-le-Bow
Bensaenn Gurdon
A.M
Sudbury
Robinson Crefoe
York
Mariner
America
Oroonoque
Pyrates
T. Woodward
Fleerstreet
Don Quixote de
Island of
Providence
Ogavo
Worshipful request for Seay by London tradesmen
John Standish and Draper of London claim to succeed Joseph Gynes as Porter to Bridewell. Gynes, long a Bishopsgate ward Common Council man, was a Haberdasher on Bishopsgate Street with years as Liveryman and Warden, now reduced and out of business. Standish appeals to parents for support, promising gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seay
John Standish
London
Bistop
Gate-Street
Haberdasher
Joseph Gynes
Bridewell
Bishopsgate
Attorney’s Pocket Companion and Law Guides Volume Set
Two volume compilation detailing common law pleas forms in abatement and bar, continuances, and court proceedings. Includes translations of law proceedings, ejectment practice, fines and recoveries, habeas corpus, and jurata. Also covers uses and trusts, with a treatise on dowers and elements, plus selected precedents and judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Treasury
King’s Bench
Vleas
R. Gosling
Crown
Mitre
Fetterlane
Fleecstreet
Common Pleas
Equity
Intricate World and London Maps Offered at Wittpey Shop
Advertises a range of large and small maps including a six foot by eight foot world map and a six by five feet map of Great Britain and Ireland. Describes two sheet maps with diverse global regions and English dominions, plus a detailed map of London and Westminster. Notes shop at Ludgate Street corner near St. Pauls selling ornaments, optics, and various curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hajlé
London
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Great Britain
England
Ireland
Germany
France
Main
Italy
Muscovy
Sweden
Denmark
Hungary
Flanders
Swabia
antiene-Greece
Yorkshire
America
Wales
Trelis
Cambridge
Oxford
Westminster
G. Wittpey
Goldsmith’s, Toy and Spectacle Shop
Ludgate-street
St. Paul’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Telemaque Fils
Francois de Salignac
Feneron
Meffeigneurs Les Enfans de France
Duc de Cambrai
Prince du Saint Empire
J. Brotherton
Bible
Royal Exchange
N. RB
R. Francklin
Ruffel-street
Covent-Gardan
Constantine the Great
John Potter
Canterbury
G. Strahan
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