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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 27, 1738
Page
2
In Whitsun Week court held May 23, 1738 under King George II authority, the Lord Mayor of London fixes the selling price of Newcastle coal at 1 pound 5 shillings per chaldron at the Port of London. Offenders face a forfeiture of 36 shillings per chaldron, scaled for any quantity.
The City Lands Committee announces disposal of materials from empty houses in Leadenhall Street and Tokenhouse Yard. Properties include Leadenhall Coffee House front, Calender’s Shop, and Chitty’s House area. Proposals invited, with details at the Comptroller’s Office in Guildhall. meeting set May 31 at 4 pm.
The Court of Directors of the East India Company announces that transfer books will be sent up on Thursday the 22nd of next month, a quarterly general court will be held at Leadenhall Street on Wednesday the 21st, transfer books reopen Friday the 26th, and dividend warrants will be ready by midsummer.
This item announces the publication of Horace Odes Epodes and Carmen Seculare with Bentley notes and a translation. It lists price and edition details and locates the printer and shop at the Cross Keys near St Dunstans Church in Fleet Street.
A catalog excerpt from a 18th century publication listing multiple essays by the Vicar of North Allerton and Prebendary of Sarum. Describes topics on revelation, human nature, divine rectitudes, church authority, and moral philosophy. Includes price 5s 6d and printing details for J. and J. Pemberton.
Notice seeks the return of Thomas Hammond who absented from James Scott's Company of the Third Regiment of Foot Guards on December 26 1736. If he returns by June 1998 he may receive a free pardon. otherwise a pursuer may arrest him and bring him to a county jail in England. Captain John Edison at the Savoy in London is to be notified to collect a two guinea reward plus Parliamentary allowances.
A compilation by Sir Robert Atkins arguing the power and antiquity of Parliament. Includes cases on election of MPs, dispensing with penal statutes, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and a defence of Lord Ruffell’s innocence. References Lex Parliamentaria and various parliamentary authorities, with notes on elections, sheriffs, and prerogatives.
The advertisement describes a large folio volume titled The History of the Incarnation Life Death Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus Christ in seven books with notes dissertations and appendices. It includes the lives and sufferings of the Twelve Apostles Paul Luke and Mark, a chronological table, and is printed for Arthur Betterworth and Charles Hitch at the Red Lion in Paternofter-Raw.
The shop on Ludzate-street offers spectacles, microscopes, and optical instruments with high perfection. It also sells gold and silver jewelry, shells, grotto decor, and maps of Europe and Britain, plus globes in several sizes, advertising lower prices than rival tradesmen and urging fair dealing.
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