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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 28, 1761
Page
2
A crowded London page reports ships arriving and sailing from Portmouth to Spithead with convoys and various vessels bound for London. Militia reviews at Hyde Park, Lord Mayor’s Day preparations, and governance actions noted. Local crime deeds, marriages, deaths, and public notices appear alongside merchant adverts and bindery items.
Admsiraity Office announces under act of Parliament a court of over and terminer for trials of crewed private ships at sea. The session will bend on Friday October 30 at the Old Bailey London, beginning at the clock in the morning. Philie Stephen is named.
Navy Office issues a notice dated October 22 1761 that on Thursday next month at eleven in the morning they will sell from the Chatham Yard and Portsmouth Port Antonio stores including canvas, rigging, and ship gear. Purchasers must view during yard hours and pay a 25 pound deposit. if not bought and cleared within forty days, the deposit becomes Crown property.
The principal Officers and Commissioners announce that on the 23rd instant at Ley, Codt, in the morning they will be ready to treat with such persons as are willing to be his Majesty's Yards at Deptford and Fool for attending with their property.
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