Printing licence granted for The Public Ledger 1759
William Faden of London petitions for a royal licence to print and vend The Public Ledger for fourteen years. The crown grants the exclusive printing, publishing, and vending rights, forbidding reprinting abroad, with penalties for violations, dated December 17, 1759 at St James's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Ledger
George R. Vod
William Faden
London
Wiliam.Faden
St. James's
W. Pitt
Auction and notices in a London public ledger
A scanned, fragmented London ledger lists auctions, sales, lettings, and notices. Items include sale of wine, sugar, and prize goods from ships Earl of Macclesfield and John and Elizabeth. lettings of apartments and houses near Cheapside, St. James's Square, and Camberwell. stolen items, wanted employment, and a long catalog of miscellaneous trades, notices from the Marine Society, and an obituary note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Macclesfield
Yarmouth
St. Domingo
Cheapside
Stewards of the Marine Society
Theodorus
Laurence Shirley
Earl of
Ratcliffe Cross
Marth Gate
Richmond
London
St. James’s Square
Bridge House
Tower Hamlets
Greyhound
Prices of Stocks and Annuities in Historic Market Table
A dense list of stock prices and financial instruments from a historic market page. Entries include Bank stock, India and South Sea dittos, old and new annuities, three percent and four percent bonds, government consols, Mullion Bank Royal Affiance, Hungarian loan, bank circulation, India bonds, navy and victualling bills, life annuities, and lottery tickets. The fragment preserves the era’s emphasis on precise coupon rates and nominal values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consol
Ditto
Mullion Bank Royal
Pencen
Dintzick
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Public Advertiser
Daily Gazetteer
London Bridge
Falliot Sandford
George ‘Woodroffe
Daily Advertiser
Francis Peete
Strand
Oakingham
Berks
Brampton
Hockley
Finch Lane
James Callen
Mac Callien
Ann
Hugh Ruffel
William Lewis
John Scott
East India Company
Gloucester
Bath
Charing-Cross
Park
Gandiigeeeper
Shoreham Harbour
Samuel Griffin
St. Clements Danes
Newcastle Journal
John and
Elizabeth
Derwentwater
Durham
Eldon
Northumberland
Cotham Mandeville
Darlington
Robert Sunlay
Stokefly
Yorkshire
Mercer
William B
Newcastle Gourant
Snotterton
Staindrop
Church Street
Bishop Auckland
Newcastle
Salisbury
Basingstoke
Dibden
Southampton
Boffington Farm
Stockbridge
Portsmouth
Frome
William George
John
Clara
Francis ‘Buckridge
John Cook
Slupe
Dorsetshire
Sherborne
Femanth
Wiviliscombe
Bath Journal
William Parsons
Charles Alday
65Th Regiment of Foot
Birmingham Gazette
Audley
Staffordshire
Cathedral of
Litchield
Denbighhire
Bewtley
Thomas Allen
John Linguard
Samuel Baker
Thomas Hawkins
Agardsley Park
Lewes
Seddlescombelsthreets
Sussex
Anna Catharina
Jans Boor
Fred
Lowisa
R. Bloom
Aldrick Cudrio
Norway
Patronella Joanna
D. Groot
Amsterdam
Prospect
Leon. Bezer
Petersbro
Dantzick Packet
Q. Belfour
Cornwall
Tho. Richardson
Thomas
Lombard -Prest
de Heer Barent van
Frankrdog
Pedro Molint
Pedro Bétabra
Beadanequi
Adr
Andrés
Beadaneghi
Fred. Cook
Samuel Jager
John Burnell Chritt
Hayes
Edmund
Murray Mont
Shark ‘Freiber
Wm. Durand Monf
Petes
Is Fo
le Tae
John King
Thi
Robertson Philip Penn
Duncan Giant
Eig
Robert Mitchell
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