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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 02, 1761
Page
2
Dispatches from Hague recount likely pause in hostilities as French armies and allies exchange notes. Vessels depart and arrive to and from Dover, Goree, and Virginia amid mutinous privateers. mutiny details, new anchors, and transports on the way. Court and city notices fill pages with births marriages obits and public events in London and Harwich.
Ports report arrivals and departures at Falmouth Weymouth Pool Deal and Gravesend from May 28 to May 31. Vessels cited include Pitt packet Godard Turnpenny Blewit transporter ships from London to Penzance and the West Indies Duke packet Edwards for Corunna plus other brigantines and trade ships bound for Milford Plymouth Guernsey Jersey and Dartmouth with multiple arrivals from Stockholm London Sunderland and Bristol.
A Paris letter reports Count de St Germain meeting with regency members in London while rumors swirl of a French push to supply land forces to Versailles. Reports mention deserters, Champeaux cutting pay, and tensions between France and England amid talks led by Buffy and Stanley.
LETT or SOLD remains of a lease for a large dye-house with a dwelling and gardens by the River, three miles from the Royal Exchange. Includes fixed dyeing utensils. For details, inquire at ANDREWS's Warehouse and Vaults for Wine, Rum, and Brandy at the Foot of London Bridge in the Borough. A clean maid servant is needed to perform all work.
An advertisement notes the removal of Mary Wear to Mr Phillips’s next to the Half Moon Tavern Aldersgate Street and promises bug destruction from rooms and furniture at a reasonable price. It includes claims of prior business, a second performer Zucker at Hickford’s in Panton Street with multiple transformations, and a schedule of prices and private performances. It lists various beverages and novelty items offered for sale.
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