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Licence Granted For Public Ledger Printing 1759
Our gracious grant assigns William Fader sole right to print publish and vend The Public Ledger at St James Court on December 17 1759. The license forbids others to reprint abridge or publish the work under penalty of peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fader
St. James’s
Tven
WL. Pitt
St. Paul's Church-Yard
John Tyrrell
Lewisham
Kent
Richmond-hill
Vauxhall Gardens
Petersham
Surry
Lee
Great Ormond Street
Exchange St
Lowther
D. Gig
Hatton-Garden
Croft
Shoe-Lane
Fleet-Street
Archer
Cannon Street
Baldwin
Bookfeller
Paternofter
N.B
Baldwin Cooper, Jackson
Davis
Chymif
Bell Savage-Inn
Ludgate-hill
London
Mary Hinks
Crowderswell Alley
Aldersgate Street