Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

Printing and Licensing for William Faden's Public Work

Notices announce the grant of royal license to William Faden for printing publishing and vending a forthcoming public work for fourteen years. The document forbids reprinting abridging or distributing copies beyond seas without consent, and lists officials and offices bound to enforce the decree. The compilation also includes a long index of various advertisements bankrupts auctions naval notices and other public classifications from January 1749/50 era.