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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 02, 1761
Page
4
A dense London Gazette style notice page enumerates auctions, sales, and public notices. It lists ship Cecilia sale by candle, household furniture, a manor in Oxfordshire, and bankruptcies with surrender dates at Guildhall. It includes lost found wanted and employment notices, plus various 18th century commerce ads and rental offers.
A garbled list presents a mix of names that include merchants and individuals such as Thomas Bost Mary Swain Peter Smith John Skarrat Robert Greenwell George Young Thomas Amises Richard Peace Thomas Baddan Rebecca Becker James Evans and others. The text resembles a historical ledger or probate fragment with unclear context and missing connections.
Prices of stocks and bank shares listed with varied figures include Bank stock around 106 and 1751 for Admiral confidence notes. Indebted bonds quoted at 4s 2.46 with wide Navy and government discount entries. Lottery tickets and annuities mentioned in fragmented terms.
Notices of multiple by auction sales in Saville row and Holborn with leases and estates. gear includes stock in trade of a linendraper, stolen items, and misc items for sale. Listings cover life leases, chariot, bake shop, apartments, lodgings, and trades from St James's to Cambridgeshire, with property and shop sales across London.
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