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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 29, 1761
Page
4
A distorted eighteenth century notice shows the court granting William Faden a license to print and publish the Public Ledger. The document, dated and styled in formal royal language, sets terms and forbids others from similar printing under risk of peril, reflecting early licensing practice and authority.
A dense eighteenth century notice compiles auctions and public sales from London markets. It lists materials from Six Houses at London Bridge, damaged goods, consignments, and rent offers, with various creditors and notices toward perfection of estates and unpaid debts. The blend includes navy procurements, duties on starch, and an ode to Garrick, plus employment and mystery letters scattered through the issue.
Public notice lists stolen items including a large silver sauce boat a blue velvet coat with gold buttons a brocade waistcoat and blue velvet breeches a leather cafe cup and cover two silver milk ewers tea things and various garments and goods. It also mentions lost items stray livestock and a public house list with requests for information and notices to procure services and apprentices.
Notice lists two actions. First an auction sale of household items from Jonathan Barr deceased including furniture plate linen china and wearing apparel with part of stock in trade. Second a notice of holding a Quarterly General Board meeting of Westminster Hospital trustees.
Notice lists multiple estate items for sale including 3600 oak trees at Dalton and 2740 oaks at Shilford, 27 acres of grass at West Kenton, two water mills and a wind mill at Pandon Dean, Newcastle, plus three quarter part of a working colliery at Gelsfield. Debtors to Mr William Peverell of Duxham given notice.
The Mewcatle Courant notes notices of forthcoming leasehold properties at Cornforth and Newcastle including a farm of land held for three years and cottages with close, plus a dwelling house and gardens at West Bolden and a mansion five miles from Newcastle. It also records creditors and debtors of Simon Wilkinson, miller, deceased, being notified.
Notice is given that several assets are to be sold or let including the Privateer Sloop Le St Mark built at St Maloes burden 60 tons, a grit mills and dwelling house in Exeter, a farm at Haberton, a Glebe and Tythes of Kilve and Stringston in Somerset, a dwelling house and malts house with outbuildings at Colyford, an estate near Sherborne, and an inn in Taunton High Street.
Notice states estates to be sold for three lives at Edington Wiltshire including properties at Bitton Glocester and Calne Wiltshire with three freehold messuages a dairy estate at Chalfield West Pennard farm and a house at Belvidere Bath Journal.
The Birmingham Gazette lists multiple properties for sale by auction including freehold and leasehold houses on Old Meeting-house Street Dudley Street Philip Street and Cattle Street in Birmingham two messuages on Ox-line Shrewsbury five freehold farms two cottages in Lilanbrinmair Montgomery and an inn in Whitchurch Shropshire plus another inn on High Street Warwick and a house at Stratford upon Avon Warwick. A Bewdley Worcester vacancy seeks a clerk or foreman for a grocer or dry goods business.
Notice specifies sale of several plots and houses in Gosford street Jordan wells Ward Much park street Bishop street Anglift lane near St Johns Church and on Spencauseway Coventry. Sale to occur after January 26 and is part of local property disposition.
A discussion notes that content from Country and Scatch Papers must be inferred in order and that many advertisements are inappropriate. The aim is to exclude indecent ads to spare modesty and provide families with a news source that amuses and informs without corrupting or disturbing readers of any age or sex.
Listings show vessels and captains with origins including Faro Ranger Amsterdam Dolphin Ostend and Petersborough along with many unclear names and destinations. The fragment mentions Sea-Horse John Drake and other ships such as River Were fer Lady Mary Bastion Katt and San Benito dealermo V Herrera from various ports amid an obscured trade record.
Prices of stocks across banks and bonds for Wednesday January 28 with entries for Bank Stock Ingia South Seaditro Bivo Old Ann Ditto New Ann and Consol sections. Various percentages and figures appear for Bank Annx Bank, Indis An. Bank, Royal Assurance, Hungary loans, Dantzickae bank, and Exch Bills.
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