04 Jan 1739
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 04, 1739
Page
1
Port News letter from Deal recounts a trader's insolvency after 15 years in retail. He lists annual expenses and goods, noting debts exceed stock value and offering to present a full account to creditors. He urges others to assess affairs to avoid similar ruin and signs off as a concerned reader.
A royal ode lauds George the monarch while local matters report Sir Thomas Lombe's death and Alderman elections. Ward polls show Sir Joseph Eyles ahead by a single vote with a later scrutiny sought for Hoare. Market prices surge for turkeys and bonds, plus notices of marriages, deaths, robberies, imports, and theatre listings.
Yesterday's reading lists South Sea Stock at 104 for the Opening and South Sea Annuities at 112.3 qrs with new issues at 412 qr for 3 Yths. Other items include Bank at 142 3 qr, Royal Exchange Assurance at 108, India securities at 1733 qrs, Three per Cent Annuities at 106 cqr, Exchequer Orders at 6 5 half per cent, and various premiums and discounts across a range of government and corporate issues.
Cal D’ANVERS warns readers that Hinton’s Covent Garden pamphlet, untitled The Craftsman, is not by Cares D’ANVERS Elq. He says the authors who compiled it have no stake, and notes H. Goreham printed the original Graft tax in Fleet Street.
The creditors and legatees of Japhet Crook, also called Peter Stranger, prisoner in the King's Bench Prison, are invited to meet at the Crown Tavern behind the Royal Exchange on Wednesday at five in the afternoon to discuss recovering their claims. His assets exceed debts, with 17500 in assets already recovered and more in prospect, and his will dated June 1734 orders payment of all debts. Enquire for No. 5 at the tavern.
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