21 Aug 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 21, 1741
Page
1
The author argues Woollen manufactures are Britain’s backbone and warns France’s rise. He cites Mr Webber’s scheme to halt wool exports and raise a million sterling from foreigners, urging scrutiny of its true national benefit and the man behind it.
His Majesty's Ships remain as last noted. The George, Gray proceed to Maryland with a East wind. Gravesend August 19: Pass’d by Mary Harding from Rotterdam, Charming Peggy Hooper from Riga, Ferdinando Paterson from Rotterdam, St. Francis Doudor from Ostend.
London reports ongoing shipbuilding for the government with two 60 gun ships two 40 guns four 20 guns two sloops and two bomb kettles in Men of War and Merchants Yards. A Wednesday artillery drill at Woolwich Warren pleased Ordnance officers as two bomb ketches await commands.
The period report details Hall and Cooke confessing to gold theft with a purse and bank notes valued around 800 pounds plus a son’s note, claiming Wood planned their escape with pistols. It notes a late night fire in Half Moon Alley destroying three houses and a stable, with ships and privateers patrolling near Dunkirk and Ostend.
Yesterday's quotations show South Sea Stock leading, with South Sea Annuities at 110 5 Sths to 3 qrs and new issues at 108 7 Hths to 1og. Rank figures and bank circulations are listed, alongside Three per Cent. Annuities trading near 97 thalfto 3qrs. Royal Exchange Assurance and London bills are noted, with India Bonds at 3 7s to sos and various imperial loans at multiple prices.
On June 1, 1741 John Waite, a bank employee, vanished from the Bank of England after being absent May 1. He is described with grey eyes and small features, height about five feet eight inches, and is accused of critical embezzlement. Warrants offered a total bounty of five hundred pounds for his apprehension and seizure.
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