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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 13, 1737
Page
2
A brief item notes water price at London Bridge rising to nine pounds minutes after thirteen hours in the morning, reflecting a sharp cost change in the early day.
A dated ledger style listing various securities and their prices including South Sea Stock at 1 qr. 101 Bd, South Annuities at 110, New South Sea Annuities at 109, Royal Exchange Assurance at 1071 half, African etc. Bonds at 41 105. Premium India and Three per Cent Annuities referenced with assorted coinage and odd lot numbers.
A notice from London authorities announces the reopening of the market stalls and shambles with rent-free occupancy until Lady Day next. All per sons must file notice to the Committee of Common Council by Mach to confirm continuation beyond Lady Day and avoid fines.
A scanned catalog advertises two volumes from a 18th century legal library. It lists The Attorney's Poet ry Companion and The Law of Uses and Travels among others. It notes a second edition printed by R. Gosling at Fetter Lane Fleet Street and includes notes on ejectments have habeas corpus and practice.
A description of two works by William Hillary M D, one on the LX Suatt-Pox disease its cause nature symptoms and prognosis with a new treatment method to prevent dangerous symptoms and eruption, and a second on a mechanical method of treating consumptions including distinctions from aging decay and defenses of curing ulcers of the lungs, printed for G Strahan Cornhill.
An advertisement for large sheet and multi sheet maps of London and the world, featuring discounts and gratis offers for buying multiple pieces. Promotes a world map set and a map of Great Britain and Ireland with decorative and educational value, printed on fine paper and colored, with details of regions and nations. Includes a note on Wittpey’s shop, location at Ludgate Street by St Paul’s, and offerings in optics and curios.
A catalog of 17th century books by Richard Hayes and others, detailing methods to calculate interest, salaries, wages, and bonds, with tables for gold silver values, exchange rates Amsterdam London, and ship’s books. Includes guides to keep Supercarrow accounts, debtor and creditor methods, and merchant arithmetic for East Indies dealings.
An 18th century catalog entry lists two volume works on piracy and adventure. It advertises Defoe style sea tales and Quixote translations, along with Vichérley’s prose and verse, including a General History of the Pyrates and notable pirate exploits. Prices and editions noted for the public sale.
A fragmented OCR list catalogs various books and editions by Edward Young and others, noting titles like Universal Passion and Seneca Morals, with publishers and locations such as Red Lion Patér-nditer-Rawcoon and Parla… details. The garbled text presents a publisher’s inventory rather than a narrative report, including multiple volumes, editions, and items in a likely antiquarian bookseller listing.
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