Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

We have pages in Middlesex

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 3 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 21, 1761

Page

2

Portmounh and Chatham dispatches mark royal progress

Extra reports from Portmounh and Chatham detail soldiers embarking on transports to Guernsey and Jersey, pay days for yard workers, ships sailing including Lynn and Guernsey, and a new frigate plus ships under repair. Royal preparations for a royal wedding, barges and carriages ready, and notable arrivals like the Duke of Richmond and Earls Halifax and Rothes are noted amid ongoing European warfare and political maneuvering.

Portmounh Guernsey Jersey Dorsethhire Flamborough Nis Majesty Lynn Downs Spithead Havre de Grace Chatham London Yarmouth Lancaster Margate Greenwich Whitehall Chapel- Royal Westminster Abbey Edward the Confessor Shaill Duke of Richmond Goodwood Sussex Privy Garden Earl of Halifax Earl of Rothes Brook Street Ireland Ratisbon Augsbourg Drascowitz Bethlen Neustadt Paris Marshal Broglio Prince de Soubise Marschal Broglio Electorate of Hanover Ferdinand Gth Intt England

Extraordinary Court of Arts and Manufactures at Barnet

A fragmented report recalls an extraordinary court of the Society for encouraging Arts and Manufactures held midweek. Premium payments for new discoveries were settled. Also noted: Barnet races with incidents including a ground-breaking obstruction and multiple heats won by Young Starling.

Fife Society Barnet Tun v Epsom Tooting Turnpike London St. Thomas’s Hospital Thomas-Lane Earl of Buckingham Landgrave Cornwall Downham Nortpley Greaves Pall Mall Sophia Swills Fohn Bind Chifle Hursti John Toslinson Foymenly Rotherhithe Hearn Kent William Prefgrave Sc. Margaret’s Westminster Canterbury Maidstone George Post Robert Brown John Wood Sarah Gibbons

Jamaica printing project and Kingston auction notice

Proposals for printing an exact survey of Jamaica Island by Wallace and Simpson announce general maps, subscription terms, and a bond to deliver by May 1762. An auction in Kingston offers a large brick messuage with outbuildings, two tenements and grounds in Heathen Street, viewable the day of sale.

Brith Alans Stahléy the Hague Paris Fellinghausen Battile Marshal Broglio Dirké de Chevreuse Draégoons M. du Mesnil Hague Bafgie Road Betterile Germany Prince Soubize Basque Road Ape Thomas Stanhopes British Museum Ceres Venus Venice Aixis Obéron French East India Company L’orient Nantes Easst Indies Navy Office His Majesty's Navy Rogers His Plymouth His Majesty Wade Navy TPNH Ofeldis Mayésty Jefty Jam &Aica William Wallace James Simpson Henry Moore England Jamaica Faidl Amaica St. Michael's Ailey Cornhill Pitt Thomas White Tobias Ellsey John Penner Kingston Surry Belchier Robert Phipps Leadenhall Arcee

Also Mentioned on This Page

King’s Lock Charles Wenman Royal Exchange N. B Wenman’s ‘Compting House Royal Exchage Deptford Acts
Search Courier

Search the Public Ledger Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Public Ledger?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication