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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 27, 1760
Page
4
Fragmented OCR of a public ledger listing ships such as the Mary River and Catherine at Candle, brigantine Young Cerberus, and items like sugar and tar. Also notices of sales in navy yards, furniture, houses, and various joint stock notices, with scattered names and dates.
Notice of sale and letting of several messuages and closes in Holmfirth and Stockport with houses in Manchester Deansgate Lark Hill Blackburn Lark Hill areas plus farms at Halcroft Radcliffe and a shop near Macclesfield and a tallow Chandler shop. Debtors Titus Barlow and Lingadrapr fined have notice served.
Notices issued to the debtors of Mr. Thomas Villers a Coventry dyer who is deceased and to the creditors and debtors of Mr Richard Piercy late of Bedworth. The warning serves as formal notice of proceedings or claims. The report records local miscellaneous notices from December 22 in Coventry.
The notice states that goods are to be sold at Frechold Estate Coleby Lincolnshire. It also mentions the creditors and debtors of the late Edward Ward of Stamford. The notice is issued to inform about estate matters and debts.
Public Roup notices detail lots and dwellings in Edinburgh Cannongate and Primrose near Edinburgh plus heritable subjects in Caltown Nether Sum mer Bank End and lands in New Grange Fife and Argyle. Estates of Blyth Lamb Campbell and Auchinbreck are listed for sale by Public and judicial roup.
A dated readable fragment lists publications and remarks in pamphlet form including The Conduit of the Ministry examined and remarks on two popular pamphlets. It notes fire adventures and University Politicks plus other titles. Subscription adverts warn against indecent notices and promise regulated content for families. London Bridge high and low tides are noted.
OCR fragment lists numerous personal names, titles, and initials in a disordered sequence. It appears as a damaged roster-like text with many likely French or European name fragments and possible titles, offering no clear event or context. The readable elements are mainly identifiers, without a cohesive news item.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with titles such as Mr, Mrs, Captain, Reverend, and Esquire, including John Fordan, Duarte Hill, James Hate, Francis Megee, Samuel Keene, Thomas Banks, John Bailey, George Williamson, Edward Holme, Capt. John Smith, Rev. Mr., Catherine Binning, Elizabeth Wright, and others, suggesting a roster or directory-like item from an office record or social register.
Friday December 26 lists bank stock prices and shares including India and Old/New Ann values. Items mention Bank red 743, Ditto 1726, Ditto 17535, Do India An 744, Bank An 1756, 4 perCt, Million Bank, Royal Assurance London, Hungary loans, Dabtzick, Bank Circus, nd Bonds, par.
The London exchange table lists rates for Amsterdam Antwerp Hamburgh Paris Bordeaux Madrid Leghorn Venice and Dublin with various bid and offer figures and date markers for late December. The text reads as a historical rate sheet with scattered figures and currency shorthand throughout.
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