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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 12, 1761
Page
4
A long mixed advertisement fragment lists goods for sale including wines silks and cosmetics with colonial imports and ship movements. It mentions bankrupt stock from Jamaica rum Arrack and brandy and notes several ships and tonnages plus numerous estate and property listings and jobs notices.
A long list of auction items and losses including furniture prints copper plates and leased properties from the late Wm. Rayner. Among offerings are chariots a post chariot leaseholds in Spitalfields and Stoney Street live stock and a house with stable near Snarl Brook. Items of saque include a silver hilted sword a parchment book and a Dutch archer found in Hornby Bay a lost green net purse nine guineas and a red leather fiddle case with two violins. A partner in a post-coach to York or Boroughbridge is noted as missing.
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