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Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 14, 1760

Page

2

Ships and arrivals in British and European ports

A long mixed report details vessels arriving at and sailing from Cowes, Portland, Weymouth, and other ports with crews and cargo such as timber, wine, and iron. It notes ships like the Anna Catherina, Industrious Bee, and Scipio arriving, and fleets under convoy at Spithead, plus a frontal view of naval and privateer activity off Land's End. It also records court sentences, tax debates, hops harvests, population estimates, and miscellaneous local occurrences in Britain and Ireland, with mentions of Hanover letters and German campaigns.

Mary Mitchell Newport Wirgitla Avia Gw Philips Murphy Koxk Sessiufidtia Caer Harinahs Domiell Philadelphia Quebec Sophia Cecilia Harrion Petersburgh Whitby Ann, Fleming Monte Christi Eppredar Clie Johanna Charlotte, Jansen Trieste Downs Jean, Smith Copenhagen Firth of Forth Agar Petersburg Hull Cowes Anna Catherina Foyen Southampton Christiana Bee Brewer Guernsey Mansfest Dram InQufizious Phillips Milford Joseph Abraham Watson Thomas Martha Babb Adventure Richards Tenby Benjamin North Plymouth Tor Welton John William Biddeccombe London Scipio Jamaica Falmouth Exeter Greenland Foofham Byan Basilit

Vessels Sailing From Diverse Ports in Atlantic Trade

Philadelphia news reports captains and crews bound for Amsterdam St Eustatia Fort William and elsewhere. Several ships from Aberdeen Peterhead and New York sail for Caribbean and European ports. Captains Campbell and Grenoe seized by privateers off Hispaniola. French sloop attacked Sadler but no fatalities. Multiple craft cleared for departure including Hawke Recovery and others.

Said Ellison Hannah Wallace Invernefg Fort William Nelly Baillie Foyfound Irvine Simson Dysart Greenock Turner Peterhead Ditto John Bennet Aberdeen Brothers Cummins Inverara Pollys Philadelphia Campbell Hispaniola Porto Rico Grenoe St. Christophers Sadler Fitzherbert St. Eustatia Martinico

London Assurance Transfer Books and General Court Notice

The London Assurance Court of Directors announces transfer books will be closed Thursday September 11 for a general court to be held at Birchin Lane on October 1 at eleven in the forenoon to consider a dividend. Books reopen on October 7.

Justice Forster Justice Clive Gloucester Durham James Simpson Ferrer Wren Binchester James Hunter Hannah Faith Alice Tatham Stockton Upon Tees Ann Golightly Ann Fawcitt Mary Emmerson Ryton Ann Spooner Catherine Glendening Margaret Maxwell Eleanor Maxwell George Babb Willintonemill Northumberland Margaret Jobson Hall Jane Scott Richard Allison William White Errington Lord Percival Salisbury Warwick Thomas Griffin William Vaughton Battery Birmingham Joseph Bell Elizabeth Bromwich Samuel Bull Coventry Berkerwell James Macdonald William Turner David Walker Henry Brown Edward Barnet James Wright Katherine Turner Ann Adams John Eafchill Samuel Tidmeash Watson Hereford Evan Philips Sarah Wakefield Walter Watkins Richard Pitt London Assurance House IESHE The London Assurance Corporation Notitt Birchin-lane

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