William Faden Licensed Printer of PUBLIC LEDGER
A royal license grants William Faden sole printing publishing and vending rights for The Public Ledger. The document, dated December 17 1759 at St James's, forbids reprinting abridging or publishing the work under penalty, naming George II monarch and A W Pitt, by His Majesty's Command.
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Misafelty
George B
William Fadin
Public Ledger
William Faden
St.Fames’s
W. Pitt
Public Ledger Index of Advertisements and Notices
The notice lists the Public Ledger index of adverts and announcements from daily evening and weekly papers. It includes deserters, lost items, stolen goods, wanted employment, needed servants, misc. articles, bankrupts, and a farm lease. Names such as Robert Piles and James Brooks appear with rewards and descriptions. It also records various creditors meetings and dividend notices from London trading houses and ships.
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Cije Public Ledger
St. Paul's Church-Yard
Col Ang
Robert Piles
Henry Hackett
James Brooks
Mores
Thomas Mudge
Williamon
Notice of sale and miscellaneous items in Candie notices
Notice announces sale of the Sloop Temeraire of 60 tons built at St Ma loes and cargo including Le Singe from Martinico, 50000 lb French prize Indigo, and other goods by Candie Plymouth. Also lists the effects of Robert Sedgwick bankrupt, seventy eight casks French prize sugar, and other goods by Candle. Mentions wanted place of residence up to 1000 pounds and misc articles including Visitor No XXIV with letters on Christian system and peace era methods.
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Temeraire
St. Maloes
Candie
Plymouth
le Singe
Martinico
Robert Sedgwick
Candies
Reol
Notice of Employment Seeker for Gentleman to Ireland
Daily Gasetreet dated July 22 carries a notice by a person seeking employment. The individual states willingness to serve a gentleman traveling to Ireland, aiming to secure a position and accompany the traveler on the voyage.
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Ireland
a.Millener
Haberdath
Auction notices and listed goods in Hertfordshire and London
A 18th century listing details multiple auctions and lettings including farm stock two stills and assorted household goods. Items cover freehold houses in Bermondsey, a public house at Hoxton, household furniture of various deceased and missing or eloped persons, and several properties to let at Long Ditton Hammersmith and nearby towns.
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Daup Anwertiser
Watford
Hertfordshire
Paul Crespin
St. Mary Megdalen Bermondsey
Surry
Hoxton
Auttion
Henry Troughton
Hertford
Houthold
Jetn Ewer
Ravad
Cooke
Allen
Brentford
Johns
Deptford
Long Ditton
Hammersmith
Bendon
Gisesemonger’s
Peruke-maker’s
Freedom
St. James’s End
Ann
daron'Hyems
Robert Briggs
John
Notice of Sale and Creditors Meetings in Bankruptcy
London Gazette July 12 lists properties to be sold including a farm in South Brent Devon and miscellaneous articles. It also notes bankrupts William Roughsedge Prescott Shoe maker, John Steele Steyning Mercer, and Robert Sedgwick London Broker, with creditors urged to meet the assignees and prove debts.
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Saint John Burrough
Allhallows On the Wall
London
Packer
Ann Parratt
Harry
Barratt
Chichesten
Sussex
Henry Jackson
St. Martin’s Lane
St. Martin's In the Fields
Middlesex
Haberdasher and Butterfeller
Andrew Gauntlett
Devizes
Wilts
Cutler and Hardwaremany
Edmund Broughton
Stockland
Dorset
George Fitzgerald
Thomas Cardew
Lostwithin
Cornwall
William Winter
Portsmouth
Southampton
Taylor
Chapman
Thomas Hunter
City of York
South Brent
Devon
Joseph Bigg
County of Bucks
William Roughsedge
Prescott
Robert Sedgwick
Green Lettice Lane
Chenin
County of
York
Bony
Bouy
Culver
Wight
John. Salixtury
Wellington
Salop
Mercer and Grocer
William Steets
Cumberland
Samuel John
Lyon's Inn
St Clément Danes
Letty 1. A House at Otterden Kent Notice
July 32 notice states that there is to be LETT 1. A House at Otterden in Kent County.
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Caledonian Mercury
Woodball
Loshiai
Otterden
County of
Kent
Names in Post Office Notices and Stock Prices
A list of persons addressed in the General Post Office on Lombard Street appears alongside varied stock prices and financial figures. The text enumerates numerous individuals and merchants, followed by London stock quotations and bills, including Bank of Scotland, South Sea stock, annuities, and other government and private securities.
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Qld
Khalé
Ditto
Hut Bank
Royal Assurance London
Dantzick
Prem
India
London Notice Seeks Saddle Tree Maker
A London evening notice dated July 12 announces a WANTED listing for a saddle tree maker. The short public notice seeks skilled craftspersons in leatherwork to fill an available position.
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London
Paice Inadvertently Describes Stolen Item From Ledger
A cryptic fragment notes Paice "Inserred an El STOLEN from the Public Ledger" on the same day, suggesting a reported theft entry in a public record. The garbled OCR hints at a stolen item and a ledger reference, with no clear names or dates.
Derby Mercury Notices on Creditors and Debtors
Miscellaneous item lists apothecary shops in Afborne and Chesterfield and an estate at Anslow in Staffordshire. It notes creditors and debtors of John Hutchinson, late of Burton upon Trent, receiving public notice of claims and liabilities.
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Derby
Ships Entered Inwards and Cleared Outwards Listed
The article lists ships entered inwards including The Prince Frederick J Biligers from Norway Botton Packet The Robson from New York Good Futent Barth Lee from Gaz John and Susan Ja Moodie from Virginia Patuxent Dan Slater from Maryland Cleared outwards The Industry Hon Liddell for Portugal Jane and Betsey John Beart for Lisbon Elizabeth L Jurgenson for Norway Young Peter M Beardwarts for Flanders Mercury E Davy for New York Mercury Wo Barker for Carolina.
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Prince Frederick
J. Biligers
Norway
Botton
Robson
New York
Lee
Gaz John and
Susan
Moodie
Virginia
Patuxent
Dan
Slater
Maryland
Hon. Liddell
Portugal
Jane and
Betsey
John’ Beart
Lisbon
Elizabeth
L. Jurgenson
Young Peter
M. Beardwarts
Flanders
Mercury
E. Davy
Barker
Carolina
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Ted
Newington
Islington
Bloomsbury
Red Lion
Queens
Christ Hospital
Leemey
Coak Pit Royal
St. James's Park
Kilbournes
John Ashley
John Macarteney
St. Clement's Coffee-house
Sherwood
Meighen
Cornhill
John Foord
Queen -Street
Westminster
Painter
Richard
Glark
St. Mary Cray
County of Kent
Faylor
Rath
ClapHam
Samuel Hanam
Joublie Albertifer
W. Page
Geneva
Hatton-Garden
Brownlowstreet
Long-Acre
London Gazette
Etters
To- al
Sip
Pauloccio
Levy Rabin
Aos
Manafeh
Jos. Mendez
Hern Larent
Nathan
Spencer
Monf
le Cham Pellan Finch
al Sig
Pietrie- Taole Moni
James Broadway
Simon Fischer
al Hern Kiffell
Joseph Bowen
Perres
Ze Juan de la
Aipoera
Elias Monf
Sommerfeild
Pedro Vial
Pierre Comerland
Gu Fedro
Belatrn
William Willouby
Martin Wine
Elizabeth Butt
Robert Barrett
Richard Leathorne
Benjamin
Rvell William Wife
Snow
Brunswick
Grace Boyle
Roger Dsewett
Cafar Parr
Geo. Duncan
London Bridge
Whitehall
Lawn Abbo
Leige
West Stodeley
Wathfield
Tiverton
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