Proclamation for Reward in Arson of Semue Mickle Property
The Dublin Gazette reports a Proclamation by the Lord Lieutenant and Council of REGAND offering rewards for discovering and convicting the arsonists who burned the workhouse workshop and storehouse of Samuel Mickle at Timahoe and the Quaker meeting-house at Tisaboe in Kildare. Rewards total forty pounds for the first offender and twenty pounds for each additional offender, with a possible royal pardon for those who reveal accomplices. Authorities are charged to pursue and apprehend the culprits within four months.