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Newspaper

Bristol Journal

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 27, 1788

Page

3

Forger’s bold bank draft theft at Prescots and Co

An audacious fraud unfolds as a man passes off counterfeit drafts drawn on Prescotts Grotes and Co to obtain money for gold sold to Mr Brown of Foster-fane. He uses three blank cheques, one in Brown’s name, and flees after a clerk refuses payment without Brown’s presence.

Brown Worcester Seville Torquemada Europe Bristol Thomas Naish Broad-street St. John-street Naish Arthur Browne Pine Ofice Pelican Inn St. Thomas Somersetsgaare Redclt-church

Fraud and a Robin At Plymouth Printing Office

A report details a con where a stranger posed as a wealthy caller to obtain garments from a shop on Oxford Street then fled down stairs into a rear passage, eluding the officer and footman. The piece also recounts a robin visiting Haydens printers in Plymouth from 1786 to 1788, returning annually and growing in prominence at the office.

Ke. Foorman Beler Oxford Street Melfrs Haydons Plyrmouth Ofice Magne

Can of Grog on Pompey Pillar Stairs to the Top

Ten years ago a party rigged a rope ascent to the top of Pompey Pillar using a kite as a shuttle, drawing a rope over the edge and erecting shrouds to reach the summit. Thousands watched as the crew drank the beverage atop the famed pillar, a feat recorded in Turkish lore as Map Cap Experiment.

Eddistone Devon

Arrivals and arrivals list at Bristol harbor today

Bristol records arrivals and departures with a long list of honored guests and many ships. The notice notes ships from Dublin, Cork, Liverpool, New York, and more, plus the L Espoir du Gain and others arriving since the last report and at Lisbon, Falmouth, Elsinore, and Quebec. It also mentions Royal acknowledgments and local civic appointments.

Bristol Arrato Fowle Campbell Gifford Joyce Moody and Mills Manning Williams Gervais Duck Allright Brookshank Johnson Brooks Waffell Green Freeman Bertie Scott Lyd Houghton Kath Countess Bathurst Catherine Bathurst Newark Sommers John ‘Fawnshend Gooch Edmund Amleck Thomas Shirley Francis Lumm Yorke Hanstraw Collins Purcel Castleman Frsine D’arripe Buchanan Stackhouse Norway Peggy Mullholand New York Ann Redcliff Quebeec Lisbon Friendship Tennant Newfoundland Falmouth Sally Greenaway Barcelona Elsinore Sophia Burrows Albion Wrey Peterbourgh Quebec Pomona Gilbert Grenada Enterzoourt Allen Waterford Edward Vernam Nevis St. Kitt’s Clarendon Russell Jamaica Smith Guernsey Jersey St. Malocs Confianza Bilboa Fly Walker Africa Union Island Seaton Hermit Barge Antigua N S. de Begona Lacalleja Santander Hazard Stephenson Rouen Martha Cranitch Cork Sarleb William and Jane Pearce Arana Lively Harry Milford Crunn Haverfordwest Carmarthen Phillips Speedwell Thomas Sprightly Seworthy Barnstaple Nesbet Seaton Sluice Bacchus Prouting Newcastle Owen Edkins Bridge-street Jacob Smith John Horton Leonard Coward Simon Crook Ihurch St. Augustine St. Michael’s Charity School John Wilton Tewktbury Ruffell Knighton Radnorshire Sifton County of Glocester John Rogers Mangotsfield Nichols

Roving notices and deaths fill Bath and nearby towns

The notice compiles obituaries and daily events from Bath, Taunton, Reading and surrounding areas. It lists deaths including Robert Walth, Sir Frances Cotes, and Mrs. Jones, plus fires, duels, and crimes. It mentions bank fraud attempts, license renewals, market prices at Winbourne fair, a suicide in Avonstreet, and a deadly accident in Ware.

Lia Siels St. James’s Church Francis Hanan Hutton Dlsquare London Stafford Francis Stafford Kingdom of Ireland Regs Foot Dr. Mountaney Newport Monmouth Jones Robert Jones Fenmon Glamorganshire Thomas Stoke’s Croft Dale Daniel Dale Trinity Street Williams Absalom Bifp Hambrook Bathampton Frances Cotes William Lord Digby James Cotes Mitchell Bridewelr Lane C. Walle Sun Walle Crown Inn Blandford Hammett Benjamin Hammett Bath Palmer Fido Lansdown Worrall Lincoln’s Inn Sadler Bristol F. Woodhouse Capt. Stone Bayley John Glover Glocester Reading Budport Winbourn New Catdle John Marthfield Avonstreet Felo de Fey Charlacombe Mary Williams St. Philip and Jacob Barnes Wotton Underedge Hs Majesty Haver Fordwefly Thomas Price Talbenny Perbrokeshire Newgate John Browny Philip Levy John Webber James Late Rd. Shute

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