Public Ledger Licensing Granted to William Faden
Our gracious approval grants William Faden license to print publish and read the Public Ledger after great expense. The charter forbids reprinting abridging or publishing by others on peril of consequence. Dated at our court St James December 17 1759 in the 33rd year of our reign. By command of His Majesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R.aefto
Iliam Faden
Public Ledger
William Faden
the Public Ledger
St. Paul's Church-Yard
Public Ledger Classified Notices from Early London Advertisements
A long excerpt reproduces an 18th century public ledger listing WANTED notices and employment ads. It includes claims for annuities, public offices, business partnerships, apprenticeships, language instruction, horses, and land security loans, alongside miscellaneous notices about courts, licenses, crimes, and a long roster of named individuals linked to various places and colonies.
Sailed goods and missing persons notices in London and Portsmouth
Public notice lists sale by candle of iron, brass pans, sugar and hemp at London and Portsmouth. Also warns that enslaved man Joseph Amazon (alias Williams) is missing, a prisoner of war Pierre Bertrandis has deserted in London, and a young man sought for a compting house job. Debtors to Stephen Cazalet and Henry Demiffy bankrupts with notice. Includes letters from William Frankly responding to E S letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsey
Bristol
Lawrence
Jane
London
Portsmouth
St. Do
Joseph Amazon
Prece Jotce Williams
Pierre Jean Bertrandis
Stephen Cazalet
Henry Demiffy
Nicholas Lane
Lombard- Street
William Frankly
E. S
Auction of two new houses at Hummerton Hackney
Public notice announces the sale by auction of two newly built dwelling houses at Hummerton in Hackney and advertises a genteel public house within a mile of the Fleet Market. A miscellaneous item notes a young lady who recently left her father has been given notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummerton
Hackney
Fleet-Market
Auction notices and lost items listed in Daily Advertiser
A July 29 1 issue lists multiple auctions including a freehold estate near Ponder's End Middlesex, leasehold estate in St Giles Fields, household furniture of William Ruh, estate establishment in trade, and various lettings in Cornhill and Milk Street. Lost items include a silver watch, a silver watch with steel chain maker J Ingram, an onyx button, a white net cloak, a black King Charles dog named Pompey, and a silver watch maker Ellicott No 3987.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponder’s End
County of Middlesex
St. Giles’s
County of
Middlesex
William Ruh
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
G. Ann
Cornhill
Milk Street
Westminster Bridge
Haberdather, &c
J. Ingram
Blackmoor
King Charles
Pompey
Ellicott
Freehold Estate and Bankrupt Notices from Pembroke London
London Gazette notices list a Pembroke freehold estate decree in Chancery and a sequence of bankrupt creditors meetings and surrender enlargements. Names include Thomas Reynid Constantia Ernle Henry Grubb John Hayman William Parker Robert Maberly John Redhams Streaton Samuel Plummer Edward Maynard William Wilson John Dalton and others across St Botolph Aldgate Hartshorn Lane Bridges Street Norwich Petersfield West Ham Bow Lane and Trowbridge with dates implied by the notice sequence.
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Spittle
County of
Pembroke
Thomas Reynid
Spitle
County of Pembroke
Constantia Ernle
Constantia
Dupplin
Dupp
John Hayman
Bridges Street
Middlesex
Hofer
William Parker
Church- Broughton
Derby
John Armstrong
Oundle
Northampton
Robert Maberly
London
John Redhams Streaton
William Wilson
Bow Lane
Sikman
John Dalton
West Ham
Essex
A Freehold Estate at Thirsk Notice and Employment Wanted
A Freehold Estate at Thirsk in Yorkshire is advertised with a notice by a person seeking employment and a separate entry for a game-keeper position. The notices appear in the General Evening issue dated July 29. Names or further details are not specified in the readable text.
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Thirsk
Yorkshire
James's Chening July 29 Notice of Leases and Reward
Notice lists three Chatham properties for a Building Lease and three for a Repairing Lease. A reward is offered for apprehending Richard Smith who escaped Reading Gaol on the night of May 4th.
Notice of two lettings in Dorset and Buckinghamshire
The Whitehall Evening notice states two properties to let: Mansion House at Melcombe in Dorset and a house at Tyringham in Buckinghamshire.
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Melcombe
County of
Dorset
Tyringham
County of Bucks
Auction Notices for Sugar Prizes and Dwellings in Liverpool
An auction list includes 100 hogsheads of Martinico and Granada white sugar and other goods by Autton at Liverpool, 35 hogsheads of French Muscovado prize sugar by Auétion at Liverpool, two dwelling Houses in Liverpool, a messuage in Ashton Mackerfield Lancaster, a malt kibrat preféot, a dwelling House in Bridge Street Warrington, and several apprentices for the China works.
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Bridge Street
Warrington
Estates for Auction in Hampshire and Southampton Parishes
Reading Wercurp July 28 notices list multiple property auctions and lettings. Items include an estate in Hants late John South deceased, a freehold estate in Newahant Southampton, two estates in Warfield Berks, a house at Streatly Berks with tythes, and a house and malt-house in Reading plus a house in Reading.
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County of Hants
John. South
Freefield
Newahant
Southampton
Warfield
Berks
Streatly
Reading
Ships entered inwards on July 28 from Greenland
Ships entered inwards on July 28 including the Peter and Ann from Norway Young Eagle from Weymouth Britannia and other vessels such as Triton Adventure Commerce Anson Reading Hope Cumberland Providence and more with masters listed like Niels Peterson Jos Hornsby Wm Warrington Tho Blake and Rob Reddorf.
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Peter and
Ann
Niels Peterson
Norway
Young Eagle
Ja. Roddy
Britannia
D. Boys
Weymouth
Wm. Bartlet
Adventure
Jos. Hornsby
Triton
Tho. Blake
Commerce
Warrington
Anson
Jonas English
Reading
Reddorf
Sarah
Ja. Weldon
Hope
John Park
Cumberland
Rob
Allen
Providence
F. Armstrong
Greenland
Letters to Unknown Persons in Foreign and Inland Offices
A dated notice lists numerous signatories from Foreign and Inland Offices including Sig. Patron Francesco Ganbile and Mr John Hillman Savio Dias Lorenzo. It records high water times at London Bridge and cites fluctuating stock prices and financial instruments such as Bank Stock and India Bonds. The fragment reads as a historical financial ledger with entries for government and private securities and lottery tickets.
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Foreign Office
All Sig
Francesco Ganbile Monif
Jaques Duerve
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