THE following List of Persons, who have been licensed by the Bench of Magistrates of the County of Cornwall, to sell Spirits, Wines, and Beer, and Beer only, in that County, is published for general Information : –
Spirits, Wine, and Beer.
Richard White Launceston.
Alexander Waddle, Launceston.
William Field, Launceston.
Nathanial Lucas, Launceston.
Richard Pitt, Launceston.
Beer.
Thomas Manning, Ditto.
Hobart Town Gazette, 20 December 1823
Richard Pitt has the Man O Ross at Ross in 1824. Nothing to suggest he had anything in Launceston earlier.