Public Ledger approval and auction notices in 1760s London
The item outlines royal approval for William Faden to publish The Public Ledger and lists numerous sales and classified notices. It details auctions of property and goods in London including houses, furniture, ships funds and banknotes, Lost Found and Wanted ads, and a long sequence of creditors meetings, bankrupts notices, and advertisements across various topics and regions.
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Public Ledger
Vox
George R
William Faden
Public
William
S. James’s
W. Pitt
Public Advertiser notices and robberies and relief pleas
Public notices advertise an auction of Matthew Langford's household furniture stock and lease and seek lodging for a single gentleman. Rewards offered for capturing highwaymen who robbed a postchaise between Ware and Hoddesdon and on Finchley common. Tradesmen seek workhouse relief. notices urge claimants to present demands related to ships Pennington and Scarborough. A distressed widow begs relief for her family.
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Matthew Langford
Tinman
Ware
Hoddedon
Finchley-common
Liberty of Westminster
Pennington
Scarborough
Public notices and notices of meetings published
Daily Gazetteer lists lettings for two brick dwellings in Hummerton two houses in King Street and a house in West Smithfield. Also notice of a general meeting of Westminster Fire office directors and a call for Brethren of Antigallican associations to dine.
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St. Paul's Church-Yard
Plymouth
Elehant-Kane
Rotherhithe
Leonard Hammond
Queen Ann-street
Cavendish-square
George Onslow
Freeholders
County of
Surry
Samuel Davis
Peruke
Mathias Hamberg
Taylor
T. B
Bencoolen
Carak Tg
Hippocrates
Malvern Wells
St.Swithin
Worcester
College
Glocester
Daily Gazetteer
Aprik Rt
Hummerton
King-street
West Smithfield
Westminster
Local Inventory Sparks Concerns at Christchurch Surrey
A fragmentary listing from April notes sixteen houses and their sheds between Goat Alley and Marygeld Lane in Christchurch Surrey. Items include a matematun, two coolers, a copper pump, a pot-chariot, and a large house at Newworth.
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Ally
Imewortha
Goat-alley
Marygeldlane
Christchurch
Surry
Bankruptcy notices and land estate listings in Devon and surrounding areas
The London Gazette item lists several real estate interests including a Farm and 122 acres in Devon, leasehold estates in Dorset, and reversionary rights in Hatton Garden and surrounding locations. It also notes a freehold messuage and land in Bedfordshire and the Gilbert estate at Uttoxeter. Bankrupts Bernhard Smith and John Barnshaw face surrender actions with upcoming Guildhall hearings, along with John Ouram of Barnsley scheduled for April and May examinations.
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London Gazette
South Brent
Hatherton
Devon
Mufton
Dorsetshure
Las
Hattongarden
Bell-alley
Coleman-street
East-cheap
Bread-street-hill
Holloway
Hoxton
Letters to Persons Unknown from Foreign Office and others
A historical fragment listing numerous names addressed to various figures, offices, and merchants, followed by references to bank stock prices and financial terms. The material reads like correspondence records with many titles and ranks, interspersed with monetary figures and bonds from the period. The document preserves names such as Monf, de Boufingen, Zapper, Cooke, Ehrman, Browne, and many others, alongside stock and financial terms like Consols, Navy Bills, and Excheques.
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Foreign Office
Facob
de Boufingen
Bacheloo
Francis Zapper
John Cooke
Ehrman
George ‘Barry Jaqués
Amy Goudard
Suifft
Lazare Le'Gen
Browne
Js Paulete
Merzifon
Louie Ratfone
Judah Delofonte
Ranéu Neute
le Chevalier
Weather and Maritime Distances Chart Across European Ports
A dated listing of ports including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Paris, Cadiz, Madrid, Lisbon, Dublin and others with numerical codes. It notes high water times at London Bridge with specific minutes after sunrise and after seven in the morning and afternoon, reflecting coastal navigation data.
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Amsterdan
Rotterdam
Antwerp
London Bridge
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