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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 25, 1760
Page
2
A compact view combining all advertisements proposals schemes defrays projects orders meetings subscriptions transactions invitations amusements published across Daily Evening and Weekly papers in the kingdom into one accessible point of view.
The Public Ledger lists sales of ships and houses from Clerkenwell to Goswell street, items like silk and wines, a freehold in Leadenhall, and a vast array of lost, stolen, or wanted goods, including horses, jewelry, and household wares. Also notices of auctions, tasks, and a few letters and notices from various correspondents.
The General Evening Post lists a jumble of notices including a brick house in Blunham Bedfordshire a bankrupt estate debtor notices near Manchetery a brass mounted pistol lost items auction listings near Shrewsbury Dagenham and Amport various freeholds and manors in Norfolk Dorchester and Birmingham notices of theft and vacancies a coachman wanted a Gaelic keeper and house keeper position in Surrey and Coventry with several auctions for timber houses and estates across multiple counties all dated January 3 or 24 with references to Malt Distillery correspondence and miscellaneous articles
A lengthy notice lists various Edinburgh and Glasgow items including Ross House, the Office of Diagwal Pursuivant, lodging near Leith, the Receiver General of the Customs in Scotland, and bankruptcy notices against Alexander Christie and Robert Robertson. It also catalogs publications and a policy note condemning indecent adverts in newspapers, urging restraint and broad reader suitability.
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