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Port tax and shipping notices mix with London theatre ads
A crowded late 18th-century notice sheet reports ships arriving and sailing from London ports with captains and destinations, court proceedings about Christopher Layer, parliamentary elections, stock prices, church notices, theatre programs at Drury Lane and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, and various advertisements for services and goods.
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London
King’s Bench
Christopher Layer
Beverley
Charles Hotham
Saltalh
Cornwall
Thomas Swanton
Globe
Powell
Malaga
Barbadoes
Urin
Sc. Lucia
Tyburn
Rich Oakey
John Levee
Unks
Matthew Flood
Charles Weaver
Eleanor Clark
Thames
William Gardiner
Westminster
Hugh Davies
William Slowcock
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Asfiurance
York Buildings
His Majesty’s Company of
Theatre-Royal
Drury Lane
Acasta
Roman
Cattalio
Wilks
Polydor
Boord
Chamons
Mills
Cibber
Moniiz
Porter
Theatre Royal
Lincoln’s-Inn- Fields
Hamlet
Prince of
Denmark
Hemler
Ryan
King
Quin
Horatio
Walker
Laertes
Egleton
Griof
Boheme
Queen
Seymour
Ophelia