Ship and cargo valued at 19900 pounds in 1738
Deponetus report that a ship named Paffafa near St Thomas’s and a Spanish sloop of force with fifty men were seized when calm weather prevented maneuvering. They claim the prize, worth 19900 pounds sterling, was taken by Spaniards after boarding the aid ship. Sworn 9th Day Ignatius Simmes and Peter Simmes. High water at London Bridge 26 minutes after 9.
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St. Thomas’s
St. Christopher’s
Great Britain
Ignatius Simmes
Alay
Peter Simmes
Financial market brief on South Sea stocks and loans
Yesterday prices listed for Sea stock Opening at 100 half, South Sea Annuities 111 for Opening, Rank 141 5 Sths, Royal Exchange Assurance 110 1 half for Opening, African 4, English Copper 31.35, South Sea Bonds 1.18s, Prem India 610 17s, Three per Cent Annuities 167 books four, Mine Adventure Shares and Emperor's Loan with varied notes, Exchequer Orders 6 1qr, Three per Cent ditto 1 3 qs. per Cent ditto.
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South Sea
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Mine Adventure
Ditto
General Quarterly Meeting of Trustees Notice
Sun Fire Office announces the general quarterly meeting to be held at the office behind the Royal Exchange London on Friday July 7 at ten in the forenoon. All claimants who have suffered loss by fire are required to present their claims for satisfaction. Continuous attendance is offered at their Craig's Court Charing Cross office for insuring houses goods and merchandise from fire losses throughout Great Britain.
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Royal Exchange
London
Craig’s Court
Charing Cross
Great Britain
Hereford
Richard Bradley
University of Cambridge
Royal Society
J. Pemberton
St. Dunstan’s Church
Fleet-street
Leffen
Edward Lawrence
Tully
Thomas Cockman
D. D. Matter
University College
Oxford
Caius Velletus Paterculus
J. Newcomb
Duke of Richmond
Mont Bayle
Epward Hatton
G. Strahan
Cornhill
Great Toy Shop at Ludgate Corner Offers Maps and Globes
AE Will Dey advertises a broad Toy Shop at Ludgate Corner with optics and instruments. It lists frets, reading glasses, microscopes, shells, gold and silver jewels, and a large map assortment including 24 two sheets and one sheet England and Wales, Ireland, America plantations. Globes in multiple sizes. Aims to outcompete pricier tradesmen.
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Ludgate
Europe
England
Wales
Ireland
America
History of the Succession to Juliers and Berg Wars
A late 17th century price publication dedicated to the Duke of Newcastle, detailing the succession of Juliers and Berg. It covers the broils and wars tied to the succession, the current situation after the Elector’s demise, claims of pretenders, mediating powers, and the strategic map and tables. Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick Lane.
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Duke of Newcastle
Juliers and
Berg
Europe
France
United Provinces
London Magazine June 1738 contents listed in detail
This issue presents the London Magazine for June 1738 with sections on political club discussions, proceedings on treasonable papers, Oxford servitors, weekly essays, poetry, and moral observations. It includes a monthly chronologer, grain and stock prices, a mortality table, foreign affairs, and a catalog of books with prices.
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London Magazine
Scipio Africanus
M. Tullius Cicero
M. Caro
Lewester
University of Oxford
Artificia
Francis Bacon
Commonwealth of Books
Solomon
T. Astley
This Day is Publi'd Second Edition Notice
This notice advertises the publication of This Day is publi'd The Second Edition with Wits Additions and lists an arithmetic system by J. Vulcar for Decimals Duodecimals and Sexagesimal measures, indicating new mathematical content.
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Wits
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Zoo
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Chancery-Jane
One Tun
Fungiford Market
Strand
Times
Pearson
R. Gosling
Ferrer-Lane End
Evtis Walker
J. Roberts
Warwick Lane
Institute of the Laws of England
Thomas Wood
Hardwick
Bucks
H. Linror
Fleertreet
J. VuLcar
Decimacy
Devereux Court
Temple Bar
Mr. Bradshaw
Daffy
Stoughton
Golden Key
Hanover
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