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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 23, 1761
Page
4
William Faden secures royal licence to print publish and vend The Public Ledger. Prohibition issued against reprinting abridging or publishing without authority. Court at St James's December 17 1759 in the 33rd year of reign.
The issue lists auctions lettings sales andWanted notices for parcels goods and estates across England and Ireland including ships beaver pelts sugars and wares and notes a general caution against indecent ads. It also reports exchange rates and tides for London with multiple entries from Amsterdam Madrid Bilboa Rotterdam Leghorn and more. The dense notice covers public notices from Dorchester to Winchester and various inns houses and offices seeking or offering items services and employment.
Public notice lists stolen items including a silver watch and various linen goods. It details creditors gathering for the ship Volunteer Privateer and assortments of real estate and chattels for sale, from houses in Fleet Street and Lincoln's Inn Fields to a public house in Westminster and a bay mare with a coach gelding.
Notice states a dwelling in Portugal row near Lincoln's Inn Fields is to be sold on September 1. The lease of a large dwelling house with offices and outbuildings, plus 20 to 30 acres of land within ten miles of Newcastle upon Tyne, is offered for purchase.
Geeral Ebentum on January 22 offers by auction through the Trustees of the Pennsylvania Land Company in London. The sale includes several premises in Pennsylvania, notably a large mansion house and farm five miles from Winchester.
Notice lists multiple auction items including two copyholds at Charlton within Downton manor, a freehold dwelling near Castle Hill Southampton, a house at Ramsey, a copyhold at Stubbington Hants, stock in trade of Merkrs Hicks and Jennings Salisbury grocers, sundry tea brandy and rum at Weymouth, and two French fishing vessels Le St Jacques and La Libertie with nets at Portsmouth.
Ships entered inwards January 21 include Carolina J M Bradford from Philadelphia St Gira Lamma del Purgatorio Vincenzo Palma from the Streights Union Reyn Vofs Amsterdam N S des Marvillary Andw Fanger Faro Ships cleared outwards January 71 Margaritta F Alvarez to Bilbao St Catalina F L Russ to Spain Trial John Webster to Africa Greyhound Pat Welch to Madeira
Prices of stocks including Bank Stock India Bank South Sea and Royal Exchange London reflect discounts and per cent rates. Dantzick and Hungary Loans cited with various bank annuities and government bonds noted. Exchange bills discount figures appear alongside naval and lottery items in this historical market snippet.
A jumble of names appears, listing many individuals and businesses such as Monf, Hogg, A Brough, Voukes, de Magil, and Peters. The fragment resembles a directory or notice page with numerous persons and firms addressed or referenced without clear context or actions.
An 18th century advertisement touts a honey balsam remedy for coughs consumption and lung issues. It claims deep soothing, asserts conversion of water to milk like base, and promotes sale by Baldwin, Jackson, and others with directions and related extracts.
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