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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 25, 1761
Page
2
Reports describe the coronation of King George III with choirs, Handel’s music, and royal feasting. Also covered are naval movements, court notices, stock market updates, and various local incidents from London and Yorkshire, with dispatches from across Europe and acknowledgments of public events.
Admiralty Office announces a legion of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery will hold trials for offences on the high seas. The proceeding is in pursuance of an Act for the encouragement of seamen and the manning of His Majesty's Navy. The session will take place Friday October 30 at Eight o clock in the morning at Furtice Hall Old Bailey London.
On Sept 10 1761 the Navy announces that on Saturday the 29th instant at ten in the morning Commissioner Rogers will be at his office in Plymouth Yard to treat with persons willing to furnish the yard with sailors beds and canvas for standing garments and related items.
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