Public Ledger Licensed to William Faden in 1759
Our gracious grant allows William Faden to print publish and vend the Public Ledger acknowledging its great utility to subjects especially in commerce. The license forbids reprint abridgment or publication by others under penalty. Issued at St James's Court on the seventeenth day of 1759 in the thirty third year of our reign by command of His Majesty.
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George R. Wr
Wiliam Faden
Public Ledger
William Faden
St. James’s
Dasher
Efis
W. Pitt
Regiser-Office
St. Paul S Charnard
Public Ledger Adverts and Notices April 8
A listing of auction sales employments and lodging ads from the Public Ledger including two freehold houses in Lower Footing Surrey a stock in trade from James Parnell a partner in a postchaise and various lodging opportunities plus employment seeks and misc notices with a ship list and a new medical powder cure claim for the scurvy and leprosy sold at multiple London venues with hours and locations named
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry
Valentia
James Parnell
Auction and notice row from a 18th century advertiser
A long list of auctions and notices includes freehold houses in Pall Mall and St Albans, brick houses in Surrey and Middlesex, leasehold at Peckham, household goods of Mrs Byron, several houses near London, and various rental offers. Also listed are lost items such as a King Charles dog named Bounse and a case of pistols, plus stables and public houses for sale or lease. Some entries indicate need for a companion for a post chaise to Newcastle.
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York
Penrith
Exeter
Westminster-bridge
Vaux-hall
Kingston
Reading
Bedford-row
Ormond-street
Southampton-row
England
Scotland
Ireland
County of
Middlesex
Lambeth
Newington
St. George Southwark
Bermondsey
Danily Advertiser
Cawla
Pall Mill
Auttion
Spittlefields
Peckham
Houshold
Byron
St. Albans
Surry
London
Long Ditton
Hyde Park
Covent-garden
Charles
Fann
Sancho
Pero
Newcastle
Prices of STOCKS Readout From Last Report
Letters the same as per last Prices of STOCKS. Wednesday April 8 bank stock china ditto south sea ditto old ann ditto new ann. dollar values shown with bank red and consol figures. India stock names and amounts listed with prices 82 to 81 and 84 5 for annuities and annuities 1756 1758.
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India
South Sea
Exchange Course Overview from London Ledger
The notice lists currency and commodity exchange rates across European ports in a London ledger. It cites Amsterdam Rotterdam Cadiz Madrid Bilboa Leghorn Genua Venice Lisbon Porto Dublin with varied figures and April dates, reflecting trade and pricing indications.
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Way
Cadiz
Madrid
Bilboa
I Leghorn
Gensua
Venice
Lisbon
di Porto
Dublin
Fiddle Strings Claim Superior Tong and Strength
A fragmented notice extols new Fiddle Strings claiming Tong and Strength excel any imported, presenting them as an entirely new manufacture. Distinct entities or dates are not clearly readable in the fragment, but the claim centers on the superiority of these strings over imports and their novel production.
PECTORAL BALSAM OF HONEY FOR Coughs and Consumptions
An early pamphlet promotes a honey balsam as a broad remedy for coughs asthma and consumption. It claims the preparation preserves lungs strengthens the patient and converts water into milk like nourishment. Sold in bottles at 3s with author signatures and directions in St James's Street. Also notes reprint and availability from Baldwin Cooper Jackson and Davis.
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Baldwin
Pater
Essence of Balm of Gilead Grand Restorative Sale Ad
An advertisement extols Essence of Balm of Gilead as a universal remedy for internal decay, asthma, coughs, ulcers, and general weakness. It notes bottles sold by Mr Kearfly at the Golden Lion, with two editions and a public vendor network across England, and mentions high water marks for London Bridge readings.
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Gilead
Kearfly
Golden Lion
Luizate-street
England
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Malaga
Candie
Guadaloupe
Jacob Houblon
County of Hertford
Foundling Hospital
Gresham College
Westminster
Zucker
Philopatriz
New Bond-street
Charles Hay
Lippa
Northampton
Merncattle Journal
Seaton
County of Durham
Sunderland
Sea
Glasshouse-bridge
Newcastle Upon ‘Tyne
Newcastles
Stanley
Pickton
Chesterle
Newcatle Courant
Cawley Park
Morpeth
Cockerton
Hexham
Breminsham Casette
Brewood
Staffordshire
Walsall
Rushall-street
Northerton
Great Bullring
Birmingham
Enfield
Alvechurch
Coventry
Worcester Journal
Hewell Lane
Tardibigg
Warwickshire
Kentith
New Romney
Barrow-green-Hill
Athford
Northwood
Thanet
Hollingborn
Kent
Hope
Christopher Jacobson
Carolina
Enegheyt
N. Windhelton
Norway
Hopper
Swen Lundberg
Stockholm
Providence
James Griesdale
Bremen
Chippenham
John Kelly
Friendship
J. Richardson
Baltimore
H. Hanson
Maryland
Happy Return
P. M.taggart
Boston
Lowther
Archer
Cannon-Street
LongAn
Amsterdam
Gus Anwerp
Paris
Mexico
N. Hart
Surgeons-Hall
Old-Bailey
Prince Shop
Bell-Sivageyard
Ludgate-Hill
É&C
N.B
Baldwin Cooper
Jackson
Davis
Kearls
London Bridge
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