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Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

11 Jun 1761

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Public Ledger

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 11, 1761

Page

2

News from the Atlantic and European theatres of war

Reports of privateers near the Lizard capture attempts and prize dispositions. Arrivals include Seahorse Ogilvie from the Canaries, Providence from Philadelphia, and numerous ships docking at Cork, Bristol, and Hamburg. Belleisle letters describe siege actions and heavy mortar bombardments at Fort Louis, with casualties and miner operations. Other items note Madrid Lisbon intrigues, South Carolina privateer actions, and British home-front measures including militia movements, court hearings, and city improvements.

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Terry Ogilvie Downs Canaries Lizard Providencé Smith Philadelphia North Carolina Illiam Mary Coles New England Corunna St. Thomes London Venice Fanny Dunn Barcelona Quebec Hume Clyde Hamburgh St. John Deis Peggy Stewart Gottenburgh Murray Simson White Virginia John and Sukey Gracie Elliot Clarke Glasgow Elizabeth Arbuthnot Ann Kitty Kenny Riga Montrose William and Thomas M‘farlan Olive Branch Sharpe Triton Crowfoot Holl Dolly Polly Cross Liverpool Corn Flower Keniigsburgh Sinclair Rotterdam Bristol Leith Badger Piercy Brett Newark Minerva Biddeford Lynn Otter Flathborough France Belleisle Hampton Court St. Croix Fomall Everal Cefk Lasvcie
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Nightmares and deaths haunt a troubled city record

A disjointed 18th century column reports a maid frightened by a prowling footman, a mistress dying after a fever from damp cistern strain, a boy injured by a carriage wheel, and a child stripped by a man then jailed. Additional items mention police detentions, a charity school election, a marriage in Honiton, deaths in Glasgow and Stockwell, a fire relief fund in Kineton, militia movements, and a fatal trampling by a horse in Batleirh.

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Newgate-street Red-lion-street Fielding New Prison Cox Brideswell Mary Bullock Newgate Benjamin. Cox Bhreatning John Blarding Bridewell Justice Welch Long Acre Thomas Whites Cordwainers and Breadstreet Wards Charity School Fe’ennight Honiton Samuel Pett Liskeard Cornwall Susannan -Hake Samuel Hake Hontrony Devonshire Glasgow Hercules Lindsay Clare Bsg Stockwell Yent-Parden Douglas
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Universal Man of Business and Self Politician Preview

Ludgate Hill announces a forthcoming work by Mr. Postlethwayt and Co on trustworthy accounting for traders executors trustees guardians and estates. The public notice promises concise methods to manage affairs and a system of checks, framing the Universal Man of Business as once endorsed by Lord Bacon.

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Postlethwaytf Riggins Postlethway T's New Universal Lord Bacon England
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