Royal Licence Granted for The Public Ledger Printing
In 1759 William Faden seeks and receives a royal licence for the sole printing publishing and vending of The Public Ledger for fourteen years. The document prohibits reprinting abridgement or publication by others within dominions or beyond seas without consent, and is issued at the Court of Saint James's in the thirty third year of the reign.
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George R
William Faden
London
The
Public Ledger
William
Faden
Warren
Caid
Public Ledger Advertisements and Notices Compilation
A dense listing from the Public Ledger aggregating advertisements and notices. It covers sales to be held, to be let and rented properties, lost or stolen items, deserters, elopements, and employment notices, with references to several named individuals, locations in London across St Paul’s Yard, London Bridge, Aldersgate Street, Chelsea, Pall Mall, Islington, Epsom, and Westminster, and notices from the London Gazette including bankruptcies and creditors. The document preserves the period tone and enumerates items such as ships, furniture, houses, and various personal notices with rewards and legal actions.
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St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Deserters and notices among Wakefield and Hampshire items
A broad page lists rewards and notices including deserters Walter Hall of the 19th Foot and James Hamilton of the 56th Foot, plus John Elmes the Norfolk farmer. Also advertised are leaseholds, freeholds, a brewhouse, a wheelwright shop, and dividends for various creditors and a charity school appointment, with scattered foreign notices and London trades.
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Wakefield
Yorkshire
Hambledon
Hampshire
Walter Hall
Nineteenth Regiment of Foot
Prices at the Corn Exchange in Mark-Lane
A historic list shows daily prices for corn and grains at the Corn Exchange in Mark-Lane. Wheat and barley rise from 25s to 28s 6d per quarter, with oats, rye, beans, linseed, and seeds priced across a range. Stock and annuities figures follow, including various bank and government securities, life annuities, and lottery/ticket notes, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
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Mark-Lane
York
West Country
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France
St. Domingo
Public Advertiser
Chapel
London Bridge
Germany
Southwell
Daily Gazetteer
Daily Advertiser
Aldersgate Street
Chelsea
Islingtons Ave Hoult
Gravefen
Queen Street
Epsom
Surry
Westminster
Pallmall
Thomas. James
Joseph Davis
Royal Regiment of Artillery
James Ross
William Honner
John Stokes
John May
T. H
Loo&t
Hackney
Sir John Morden’s College
Order
Gregorians
William Brackstone
Watling Street
Haberdasher
Robert Baker
Thomas Ayres
Weybridge
London Gazette
William Jones
Corinth
Mary Packer
Bristol
Thomas Cooke
Portlade
Sussex
Isaac Dawson' the Younger
Af Athby
de la‘Zouch
Scrivener Sg
John Cort
Robert Smith
William Heathfield
Ludgate Hill
George Walker
St. James’s
John Elmes
Faldenhall
Norfolk
Thomas Harrison
Whitehall
Basingstoke
Hants
Newport Pagnell
Bucks
James’ Hamilton
56Th Regiment of Foot
Cambridge Journal
Great Gransden
Huntingdonthire
Howthold Furniture
Joseph Cooper
Fenstanton
Grantham
Lincolnhire
Ann Murgatroyd
Leadenhall Market
Abel Darley
Burroughbridge
John Brimble
Lyncombe
Widcombe
Bath
Wheelwright
Samuel Holland
Bishopsgate - Street
Druggitt
George Langstaff
Garrick-Hill
John Nelson
Dorchester
Mercer
Thomas Beddingfield
Thomas Phillips
Friday-Street
Haberdathers and Partners
John Powell
Cheapside
Hoster
Newmarket
Suffolk
George Roe
Third Regiment of Foot
Reading Mercury
Swallowfield
Wilts
Great Berkhampstead
Hertfordshire
Northampton
Merc
Bagbrook
Northamptonthir
Glasgow
John Strang
Alexander Thomson
Lombard-freet
Morf
Gio
Bellaparque Monf
Magalli
Monf
Barei
Esq
Ferin
George Meacham
Gerome Tryer
Orace Cottaneo
Revigny de Cofine
Antonii Competes
Herman Dalholm
Jean Tefmaker
Cos
Zacharias Abrahams
James Shew de Heer
Thomas Brooks
Judith de Hurse
Nyman
Leir
Brillnn
Torfon Westerberg
Kiaras Broder
Melvill
Charles ‘Wrinchen
Nicola Saltarella
Christopher Heyde
Sig-Gio
Annthony Coffs
Odoardo FaHert
Sieberg
Ranisdale
Mesirs
John Garifon
Cox William
Stephens
John Lindsey
John Hermatter
Mi Peta Boden
Jose He Chitty
Johnang
Penn Bencalhah
Robert Gibson
James Macky
Lampry
Arthur Cowite
Mary
Jaaba Gray
James. Hood
London-Bridge
India
Consol
Ditto
Royal Assurance London
Dantzick
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