Royal Licence Granted for The Public Ledger 1759
William Faden of London secured a fourteen year royal licence to print publish and vend The Public Ledger. The decree bans reprinting abroad or distributing copies without consent, and enjoins customs officers and Stationers Company to enforce the order. Dated December 17 in the 33rd year of the reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Public Ledger
George R
Tortype
William Faden
London
William
Faden
St. James’s
Pitt
Public Ledger notices of sales and listings 1700s style
The item compiles ship sale notices and port arrivals with cargos, debts, and auctions. It lists ships like Montgomery and Snow Virginia, items for sale such as tea and indigo, captains clerks and naval contracts, and a long sequence of properties, bids, and employment notices. It notes elopement, lost items, and a wide array of auctions, lettings, and public notices from London and ports.
Auctions and notices in Liverpool Advertiser of April 28
The issue lists multiple auctions and sales including a Snow Kingston plantation built burden 140 tons, and a parcel of deer skins. Wages sought include seamen for the Snow Speedwell and an assistant in a Merger shop. Various properties and leases near Liverpool and across England are up for sale or letting, with miscellaneous notices to creditors and debtors. Foregin names and prices of goods printed, with bank securities and annuities quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Virginia
St. Maloes
Carolina
Navy
Hull
Mafts, &c
St. George
Tristram Shandy
Hob
Liberties
Strand
India House
Blackheath School
Samuel Weaver
Alice Woolley
Islington
Lynn
John Spice
Re& Ward
John Holland
Norwich
Degé&Féd
Charles Wace
John Smith
Taylor
Edward
Sarah
New Haven
Stradishall
Suffolk
Great Yarfhouth
Colchesters
Colchester
Yoxford
Leifton
Kingston
Liverpook
Liverpool
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Public
Aidvertiser
Panton Square
Yarmouth Danes
Society of Arts and Manufactures
Daily Gazetteer
Richard Pridie
Joseph Medley
John Dorr
Daily Advertiser
Hampton Court Bridge
Hampton Ferry
South Lambeth
Surry
Grub-street
Houthold Goods
Susannah Bond
Albermarle S Street
Thames
Ellicott
Watton
Norfolk
Bury St. Edmunds
Messitage
Santhorpe
Noré
Bondon Lane
S- Candy Marth i
Halvergate
Ipwich Journal
John Fitch
Moor Hall
William Cole
Dover Court
Harwich
Liverpool Advertiser
Reading
Mercury
Sheffield Mills
Oxford Journal
Clereford
Berkshire
Newbury
Bath
Thomas Taylor
John Taunt
Cambridge Journal
Butterwick
Boston
Yarwell
Northamptonshire
Domnington
Lincolhire
Southwell
Nottinghamshire
Carter
Peterborough
Northampton
Bythorn
Hunting
Donshire
Pavenham
Bedford
Dunstable
Stamford Mercury
Thomas Johnson
Stamford, Victualler
Worcester Journal
Kidderminster
Sheridge
Worcestershire
Kentish
Kennington Leezers
Elled Way Farm
Isle of Thanet
Wineford Smith
John
Charleton
John Woods
Pédro Betalra
Roger Drewett
Alexander
Davidson
Mérchané
Crowfield and Co
Abraham Silvera de Mattos
Thomas. Hardman
Atne
Pines Lobo
Phoes Jones
Monrose Barrew
Robert Lawler
Thomas Mahon
Robert Kilo
Abraham Vierey
Ata
York
West Country
India
Consol
Royal Assurance
Daritzick
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