Public Ledger license granted for sole printing rights
Notice records William Faden’s hiring of writers for The Public Ledger and the grant of our licence for sole printing publishing and vending the work. It forbids reprints and urges trade readers to see the register office listings of sales leases ships goods and notices including auctions and employment ads. The notice lists multiple items for sale and public announcements across London from May to December in 1759.
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William Faden
Public Ledger
William
St. James’s
Pitt
St. Paul's Church-Yard
Shipping Movements Reported in May Credited to London Courant
The May 13 issue lists ships entering ports including London packet captains from Jamaica, Jersey, Alicant, and Norway with vessels such as London, Gen. Mauger, Sea Horse, St. John Elif Neskill and more. Outward clearances dated May 19 show ships like Roadchap Maria and St. Joan Baptista bound for Oporto and the Sound.
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London
John Watt
Jamaica
London Packet
Gen. Mauger
Jersey
C. Fortune
B. Gerks
Alicant
Sea Horse
J. C. Hofman
Dantzick St. John
Elif Neskill
Norway
N. S. de Lapa
Auction Notices From Daily Auvertiler May 20
A list of estate sales and property auctions including chaises wagons and carriages. Items include stock in trade of meals timber and more from Francis Carter bankrupt, houses with outbuildings in Long Ditton Chiswick Southwark Charlton Stanmore Kingston Epping Forest and near Cavendish Square, and various furnished apartments for sale or lease near the Exchange Aldgate and Gresham College.
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Auvertiler
Francis Carter
Long Ditton
Surry
Chiswick Co
Southwark
Exchange
Aldgate
Charlton
Kent
Stanmore
Middlesex
Kingston Upon Thames
Epping Forest
Gresham-college
London
Cavendish Square
Freeholds and a Ploughing Job Sought in Sussex and Berks
A fragmentary notice lists several properties for LET in Sussex and Berks including a Freehold Farm at Slinford and one at Fittleworth, plus an Inn at Haddenhurst Common Binfield. It also mentions a dwelling with land at Hartley Wespall in Hampshire and a request for a coachman to drive four horses to Plough and manage a small land area, plus a Dairy Maid.
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Slinford
Sussex
Fittleworth
Haddenhurst Common
Binfield
Berks
Hartley Wespall
Hampshire
Prices of Stocks and Bonds on Wednesday May 20
To Letters the same as on Thursday last Bank Stock vs India ditto 142 4 South Sea ditto 94 295 Ditto Old Ann 86¢ Dit. New An 87 fs A Bank red 86a Consol 363487 Ditto 1726 aC pir 1751 362 a 87 Ditto India Ann 85 4 Bank An 1756 90344 Ditto,37 8 93 x half a 4: Prices of STOCKS. Wednesday, May 20. 4 per Cent. Ditto, 1760 no. 1 Ind. Bonds 553 2 56s Pr New Navy and Viét. Bills 6% per Ct Dif 4 per Ct Exchequer Bills 2s Discount Lottery Tickets 1761 iil 32s arts 6d Script 1761 873 a 83 Long Annuities 27 in Years Purchase
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India
South Sea
London Exchange Rates and World City Prices May 19 1762
A dated brief lists foreign exchange figures and commodity prices across major ports. The record shows Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Paris Cadiz Madrid Bilboa Leghorn Venice Lisbon Porto and Dublin with varying quotes and day dates, reflecting mid May 1762 market conditions.
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Cadiz
Madrid
Bilboa
Leghorn
Geneva
Venice
Lisbon
Porto
Dublin
London Bridge Levels Noted at 3:42 and 3:55 A.M. Pubs
A brief report records high water readings at London Bridge with the tide at 3 42 in the morning and again at 3 55 in the afternoon. The measurements indicate a notable water level for the day.
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London Bridge
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