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Public Ledger 1759 license and long merchant notice
In a December 17 1759 imprint at St James's the Crown grants William Faden a sole printing license for The Public Ledger and forbids reprints. The issue details auctions and goods for sale including ships, cargoes, levered estates, notices to venders and buyers, and many advertisements for employment, property, and public sales across England. The page lists ships, sugar, indigo, beer price rises, letters, and rental offers, with multiple notices of sale, employment, and public affairs.
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William Faden
Public Ledger
William
St.James's
W. Pitt
William Ives
Windsor Forest
Candle
Hawke
Bermudas
Sultan
Lively
New England
Hull
Mary
St. Domingo
Valour
William Whitaker
London
Chepstow
Wales
Cambridge
Leghorn
Senegal
Ignotus Zo
Honestus
Mr. O'Brien
Middlesex
Kensington-square
Quality-court
Chanceryaneyz
Thames Ditton
Surry
Smithfield
Uxbridge
Hyde Park Corner
Woodfordbridge
St. James’s End
Croydon
Chloe
Cesarue
Lynn
Princess Louisa
Escorte
Prince Edward
Royal Bank of Scotland
Thomas Beverly
Charing-cross
China-man
Thomas Baker
Great Buffel-street
Bloomsbury
Michael Darcy
Newcastle-court
Westminster
Taylor
Toscano
England
Tower-Hill
Covent- Garden
Paul’s
James-Street
Covent-Garden
Dumeney
Burns and Scaups
J. Wilkie
Bookfeller
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Londen
IpGvichs
Keymer
Colchester
Eaton
Yarmouth
Crouse
Norwich
James the First
John Mansfield
Hungerford Market
Strand
Meff
Baldwin Cooper
Jackson
Davis