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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 05, 1760
Page
4
By His Majesty's command William Pitt grants William Faden sole printing publishing and vending rights for The Public Ledger After expense of compiling the permission forbids reprinting or abridging by others Given at St James's December 17 1759 in the 33rd year of the reign
A compiled notice from a London register detailing wanted jobs and services, including apprentices, clerks, a Latin teacher, boarding and school positions, as well as miscellaneous announcements. It also lists ship clearances to Lisbon and France, credit notices, and public notices from various trades and societies.
Notice states that the ship Unicorn of Plantation build carries 210 tons and is to be sold by candle. Also mentions two hundred and twenty two hogsheads of Guadaloupe sugar, and the house in London to let or lease. Further requests to purchase the perpetual advowson of a living near London. Miscellaneous item gives an account of privateers taken and vessels retaken by John Moore’s squadron from 30 August 1757 to 29 April 1760.
The notice lists items for auction from the Bradford deceased estate including stock in trade and apparel, two parts of a carrier burden of 600 tons, Syracuse White Wine and Red Florence, a furnished house for a year near Piccadilly, and a stolen item creut stand. It also advertises employment for a chamber maid or nanny, a reward for Margaret French, and a caution to dog owners.
Daily Gazetteer reports that Henry Bennet and D Thomas Blake have deserted from recruiting parties in London. Their persons are described and rewards offered for apprehending them. Also notices a quarterly general meeting of the Guardians of the Asylum or House of Refuge concerning bookkeeping.
July 4 notice lists sale and rent items including a dozen and one hogshead of Golden Pippin Cyder at Bromley, a light travelling coach, an Italian chaise, four-wheel carriages with grounds, a new house in St James Westminster, leasehold houses near Grosvenor Square, houses at Hammersmith and Leicester Fields, a house near the New Bridge in Christ Church, a rope walk at Rotherhithe, furnished floors near Bedford Street, a shop in the Hosiery Way, houses and shops in the Hatter and Hosiery Way, a cheesemonger’s shop, a tavern in Holborn, a public house near the Freedom, a wine vault. Also notices of elopement involving John Pritchet and Major Richard Smith, an apprentice lost notice for Samuel Davis, Elizabeth Poulton, a small gold watch, an Italian greyhound puppy bitch, and two paper writings.
Notice lists multiple properties for sale near Patelybridge Ripon York Swillington and other locations in Yorkshire along with a sadler shop and stock in trade. Also public notices about apprentices elopement and a deserter Samuel Bank from Col Digby Le gard's Regiment with a reward for apprehension.
Public notice lists estates in Flint Denbigh Lancaster and Chester to be let or sold. Properties include tenements near Wrexham Handbridge Sutton Crowley Budworth Barn Lane Foregate Street Comb Erbach and related mortgages and creditor matters regarding William.
Panchesker Wercury advertises an estate in fee simple near the Manchester Exchange and several tenements in Newton and Astley with a warehouse in Manchester. Trustees for the River Weaver navigation propose meeting to borrow money by assigning duties payable on the navigation from Frodfram Bridge to Winsford Bridge in Chester.
Notice is given that the sale of the lands of Blairgorts Easter and Wester is postponed. Affected parcels and dates are to be announced by the issuing authority in Eninburah. Residents and interested parties should monitor official notices for updated sale information and proceeding details.
A 13.5 acre Edinburgh parcel facing Leith Walk is offered by voluntary roup. The notice also advertises sale of the Mansion-house of Kark-town Holm in Lanarkshire.
A publisher offers books and pamphlets including The Keekeiad a poem by Richter Op. 2, a Call to Visualize RS, The constant Residence of the Clergy, Modern Honour by Swift, a Dialogue between the Gallows and Free Thinkers, various concert pieces, Lives and Trials volumes, Luther on Galatians, Expositors, Voyages, a Geography Dictionary, an Universal English Dictionary, Smollet’s History continuation, and other works with listed prices in shillings and pence.
A mixed page lists letters addressed to various individuals in English addresses and foreign addressees, followed by high water times at London Bridge and extensive price quotes for goods at the Corn Exchange in Mark Lane. It also reports stock prices, bank annuities, and government bonds with figures from the period.
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