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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 07, 1760
Page
3
A sermon preached at the Magdalen House on Sunday January 27 1760 by the Rev W Dodd M A before His Royal Highness Prince Edward, documenting the royal audience and the sermon’s biblical exhortations.
On January 26 1760 the Navy announces readiness to treat with bidders for stores to supply His Majesty's service. Proposals due at eleven in the morning on specified dates in March for items including iron hemp East Country tar Dantzic plank and pruffin deals Norway goods and Riga Maits.
A Boston built 130 ton sloop ship En Deavour, a fine sailing vessel with a square stern and easy draft, lying near the Hermitage. Joseph Stone commander. To be sold February 8 1760 at noon. Broker John Hutchinson handles inquiries and private rent offers.
At Lombard-street To-morrow February 8 1760 at twelve noon a remarkable ship Pluto of 644 tons built in Boston shifts without ballast with bolted butts and floor head ready for East India service. Capable of mounting 26 twelve pounders and 36 carriage guns, now lying at Deptford. Inventories on board. W B broker handles private contracts. Richard Baker, commander.
The good ship LEE, 300 tons burthen, Liverpool built and sheath'd, lies at Wapping Old Stairs awaiting sale. John Johnston commands, with inventories available on board and with broker John Hutchinson. Persons interested may negotiate a private contract in the interim.
Auction notice for cargoes from French prize ships Windsor and Den Amstel to be sold at Garraway's Coffee-House Exchange Alley on Thursday February 1st 1760 at five o'clock. Catalogues by BENJ. VAUGHAN and SON and JOHN CHATORIN Sworn-Broker. Goods include hogsheads tierces barrels bags casks indigo cotton goat skins slippers and more.
London 17 Jan 1760 announces Robert Adam’s proposed subscription edition of Diocletian’s Palace in Spalatro Dalmatia. Sixty copper plates show town views, plan, elevations, and bas reliefs with measurements. Subscriptions cost three guineas with a deposit. subscribers names will be prefixed. Specimens shown at the author’s house and via booksellers in London and Edinburgh.
A catalog of early children books and moral tales priced from 2d to 8d. Titles include The Childs Delight Part I and II, The Virtuous Novelist, The Christmas Box, Youths Amusing and Instructive Medley, The Childs Fabulous Instructor, The New Years Gift, and The Polite Moral. Published by Crowder & Co. and G. Kearfly at London Bridge and Ludgate Street.
By J Elmer of Farnham the tables for hops and commodities are printed for public sale at Newbery in St Pauls Church Yard with corrections by Elmer. Also Horace works translated into English by C Smart published in two pocket volumes on writing-pot paper Elzevir with price five shillings bound.
Royal licence edition published February 1760 offers a four volume quarto series in one hundred sixty numbers with near three hundred copper plates. It promises broad coverage from Europe to America, including ships, navies, commerce, and customs, with engaging narratives by credible authors.
An 18th century advertisement promotes The Book-keepers Guide by Thomas Crosby. It extols plain instruction for merchants shopkeepers and youths, detailing Part I modern debtor and creditor methods Part II Italian double entry Part III domestic wholesale stock subdivisions and Part IV merchants accounts for foreign trade and export import costs. Printed in London by S Crowder at the Looking-Glass.
A historical notice promotes Dr James fever powder as a cure for fevers inflammations and related ailments with claims of royal approval and warnings against illegitimate imitators. It advertises Newbery’s Bible and Sun shop in St Paul’s Church Yard London as authorized seller and explains counterfeits and required licenses.
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