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General Court of the Bank of England approves half yearly dividend
March 11 report from Threadneedle Street notes a 21 half per cent dividend for the half year ending Lady Day next, with warrants payable April 28. Bristol messages report the Bristol Packet from Cork bringing word of a privateer capturing a rich French ship bound to Martinico. American news mentions a French warship captured in St Laurence Bay. Updates cover Newfoundland provisions, ships captured or reclaimed, St Patrick’s Day observations at court, recruitment for shipbuilding, and local incidents including smugglers and a drowning near Blackwall. Births, marriages, burials, and stock prices for the day are listed.
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Bank of England
Threadneedie-Street
Royal Exchange
Bristol
Neal
Minhead
Cork
Chip
France
Martinico
America
Canada
Old France
St. Laurence’s Bay
Mitchell
Prussia
Duke of Newcastle
Stella
Bourdeaux
Dover
Prince of Orange
Salamande
Holland
Newgate
Blackwall
Durham Yard
Strand
David Allen