Royal licence for William Faden to publish Public Ledger
Our gracious sovereign grants William Faden sole printing and publication rights for The Public Ledger after much expense in assembling writers. All subjects forbidden to print abridge or publish the work. The licence is issued at court on December seventeenth in the year 1759, by order of W Pett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Public
William Faden
St. Feasss’s
W. Pett
Public Ledger
St. Paul's Church
Public Ledger Adverts and Notices Auction and Employment
A long aggregate notice lists sales by candle light parcels of stock and ship cargoes along with bankrupts and items for sale. It calls for employment seekers and lists various wanted positions from clerks and bookkeepers to a courier and ladies of service. Also included are stolen and strayed animals, a public office vacancy, creditors meetings, and stock prices with foreign exchange from 1761.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Alfo
Leicestershire
Sam
Peter and
Stephen
Rotterdam
Sthins
Gunfleet
Kly
Lost items listed in public revert notice and auctions
Public notice lays out items missing due to fraud including a brown silk gown eleven white aprons a white Dimitry Petri coat two purple and white cotton bed gowns a shift sleeves handkerchief and stockings in a red and white linen handkerchief plus various items. It also advertises auctions of the stock in trade of late Roger Bridgin and the Nesbitt estate with real property to let and several pubs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dualy Advertiser
Roger Bridgin
Robert Nesbitt
Argyll-street
Lyford
Berks
Auctions of Estates and Real Premises in Northumberland and Durham
Newcastle Journal lists numerous properties for sale by auction including copyhold and freehold farms in Elsdon Ryton and Cartington and various estates in Northumberland Durham and Rothbury Also listed are mills and a rape oil mill near Ripon a house at Gateshead Fell and several Newcastle area holdings Creditors and debtors of John Crowe of Newcastle upon Tyne and James Dalgleish of Weerwood Northumberland receive official notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amewcastle Journal
Lord Cranstoun
Elsdon
Northumberland
Ryton
Coun
Durham
Cartington
Parith
Rothbury
East Allandale
Bensham
Gateshead
Nicholas Brown
Alnwick
Whitton
County of
Stella
Ripon
West Bowden
IverNl
Burradon
Earlden
Newcaste
College Gates
Southwick
Sunderland
Picton
Chefferle Street
John Crowe
Newcastle Upon Tyne
James Dalgleish
Weerwood
Northumberlain
Freehold House Seized in Gateshead Area Auction
Meiweale Courant reports on a freehold house in Gateshead with adjoining property and an asset near Blue Quarries, listing A Metluage from Bensham and two other individuals in the potential sale actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meiweale Courant
Gateshead
A. Metluage
Art Bensham
Auction and sale notices from the Mercury August 17 listing numerous properties
The Plymouth and Exeter notices advertise sale by auction including a spice and sugar cargo from a French prize ship. farms, manors, cottages, bartons, and meffuages across Devon Somerset Dorset Cornwall with a free school master position and an apprentice to a clockmaker. Creditors and debtors of Michael Miller of Hotsey's Melcombe, Dorset, have notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lobb
John Crocker
Southwark
Charles
Plymouth
Mercury
Jamaica
Candle
C. Guadaloupe
St. Domingo
Holford and Miydwell
Bridport
Dorsetshire
Exeter
Exon
Buckerel
Awliscambe
Devon
Whitstone
Cullompton
Kingbridge
Modbury
Tavistock
Over Stowey
Somersetshire
Over Loxhore
Nether Loxford
Barnstaple
Michael Miller
Hotsey
Melcombe
Dorictfershire
Reforming Advertisements to Keep Morality in News
The notice explains that contents from multiple papers arrive separately and will be presented in arrival order. It pledges to exclude indecent advertisements to protect families and young readers while delivering material that amuses and informs about the world’s actions.
Ships Entered Inwards and Cleared Outwards
Ships entered inwards on August 18 include Love by John Dritkall from Guadaloupe Nancy and others from Georgia Petersburgh Bremen Dieppe and Norway. Ships cleared outwards on August 13 include Mary Elizabeth bound for the Sound. High water this day at London Bridge was 54 minutes after 3 and 11 minutes after 4 in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
John Dritkall
Guadaloupe
Nancy
W. M.auley
Georgia
Norman
Samuel Meek
Petersburgh
Patience
P. Johnson
Norway
Grasbryock
N. Steinhagen
Bremen
Speedwell
C. Barnard
Dieppe
Mary Elizabeth
Peter Johnson
London Bridge
Antiscorbatic Powders Cure Chronic Scurvy Complaint
Advertisements from 1761 describe Joly Jx of Clerkenwell endorsing Hatton Garden doctor Lowther. After 26 years of scurvy with leg and joint pains and thick eruptions, the patient reports a cure in 16 weeks of using the powders, with public offer to publish details. sales outlets listed in Hatton Garden Fleet Street Leicester Fields and advertised advice days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowther
Hatton-Garden
Turnmul Street
Clerkenwelk
Joly
G. H
Hatton
Garden
Croft's
Shoé-Lane
Fleet Street
Mr. Paillet
Sidneys-alley
Princes -Street
Leicester
Fields
Crof’s
Pamphlet on the Virtues of Honey Reprinted
Allowance to traders and ship captains who take a quantity is noted. The pamphlet on the virtues of honey is reprinted and available from Meff Baldwin Cooper Jackson or Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meff
Baldwin Cooper
Jackson
Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pompey
York
London
Hackney
Town
William Goodstone
Haymarket
Ryegate
John Stephens
James Scriven
May Fair
Kentish Town
Hexham West Fields
North Tyne
Simondburne
Haltwhistle
Berwick Upon Tweed
James Burn
India
South Sea
Bank An
Tuet
Amsterdam
Rhalfus
Antwerp
Paris
Ulance
Bourdeaux
New Navy
Jay
Cadiz
Madrid
Bilboa
Leghorn
Geneva
Venice
Lisbon
Dublin
Geliin
Ae A Chandler’ S Shop
Lippn
Orpington
Chislehurst
Kent
Harriers
Rharne Mercury
Lifton
Landulph
Cornwall
Yetminster
Sherborne
Buckland Monachorum
N. B
Baldwin
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