10 Nov 1743
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 10, 1743
Page
1
A reader Tim Meanwell confesses finding a politics note and urges discretion while adding cryptic wartime hints about fleets and treaties. The piece ends with a sailor casualty after a keelship accident where a carpenter died from a broken rack.
Ships reach port from Jamaica Newfoundland Virginia and Barbadoes with several vessels listed. arrivals include Lucretia Read Vernon Nichelson George and William Eliza Martha Lyon Nathaniel Warrington Henrietta Star Union Dragon WrightUnity Waldegrave Houghton Bowden Roman Emperor Patience Molly Pool Martha Elizabeth Love. Coasters sail westbound and Gibraltar and London fleets prepare to sail. Wind N by W.
In London several MPs have arrived to attend the upcoming session, with hopes the Guardians of British Trade and Liberties will safeguard the realm. Reports note robberies near Hyde Park Corner, highwaymen seizing seven shillings, hats, and wigs. Press gangs seized sailors, while ships bound for Jamaica and Portugal faced privateer threats. a cheese-laden vessel wrecked near Chester. High water at London Bridge was recorded at 34 minutes after 5.
Yesterday's prices show South Sea Stock at 114 to 113 with notes on South Sea Annuities 114 3, New South Sea notes 115, and various bank and government securities including India 194, Exchequer Orders 4 half per cent, and Lottery Tickets at 11 8s. The report lists multiple per cent rates, premiums, and discounts across a range of colonial and royal securities, reflecting a complex ledger of financial instruments.
A public notice warns against accepting listed Bank Notes including numbers C107 and C208 dated November 3 1743 for 1000 pounds to Daniel Frederic Coll or bearer and other notes dated September to November 1743 payable to named individuals or bearers. Readers should report offers to Mr Deere hacker im Rene Sethe for acknowledgment.
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