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Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 16, 1760

Page

2

Turmoil at St Pauls Yard and Ports City News 1760

Reports recount patrols clearing streets and warning youths at Ludgate Hill and St Pauls Yard while ports receive ships from Petersburgh New York Barcelona and Cork. Details of embarkations sloop Pegpy Bellona Milford and warships sailings with soldiers horses wagons and munitions plus courtly letters from Bath council praising MPs and a dragon of local marriages and misfortunes.

Notice to tender for prisoners of war at Plymouth

The Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen and for Exchanging Prisoners of War give notice they will be ready on Monday the 3rd day of next month to receive sealed tenders. They seek supplies for prisoners on the Royal Oak Prison-ship at Plymouth including 6d in the arising and hospitals, and bread for twelve months. Further details may be obtained from the Secretary or Mr Tonkin, Agent for Prisoners of War at Plymouth.

Royal Oak Plymouth Mr. Tonkin

Port Broth Contract Notice for Wounded Seamen and POW Exchange

The Office for Sick and Wounded Seamen and for Exchanging Prisoners of War states on 13 October 1760 that they will be ready on the Friday of the following week to receive tenders for eight months of the meat used in portable broth. Further particulars can be obtained by inquiring of Mars. Young at the house in Ratcliffe Cross, where the broth is made.

Mars Young Ratchycross

Surveying Maps for Large Acres and Firms in London

A notice offers specialized surveying and map work by a seasoned professional. It describes producing compact books with reduced plans of large maps, indexed by tenant names, to ease locating specific parcels. Enquiries directed to E. B. at the Sibyria Coffee House, Pall-Mall, or Will's Coffee-House, Lincoln's-Inn-Gate.

E. B Sibyria Pall-Mall Will’s Lincoln’s-Inn-Gate

Advice for Alehouse Licences and Redress in London

An 18th century notice urges honest alehouse keepers denied licenses to seek three reputable inhabitants certifying sober life. It invites applicants to write to A. Bie at Anderton's Coffee House, Fleet Street, for gratis guidance on redress, claiming public justice aims, not profit, and cautions brewers not to overcharge.

England Anderton’s Fleet-street City of London

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