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Robbery notices and rewards for mail thefts in 1722 England
Advertisements recount robberies of Bristol and Bath mails near Longford and Langly Broom with two hundred pound rewards for convicts. notices warn of pardons for informants and detail post office rewards. Additional notes describe a sheriffgate incident over polling books, horse racing plates, and a planned travelogue volume from England.
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Whitehall
London
Longford
Middlesex
Bristol
Bath
Hammmersmith
Post-Office
Carteret
Pardin
Langly Broom
Colebrook
County of Bucks
Briffsl
Perfon
Perfons
Paul Cass
Thomas Brachfield
Western Mail
Sherborne
Seven Downs
Burford
Oxfordshire
Barford
George-Inn
England
Hampshire
Westshire
Berfershire
Devonshire
Worcestershire
Glocestershire
Somerset
Shropshire
Cheshire
Lancashire
Staffordshire
Darbyshire
Leicestershire
Rutland
Hunrington
Nottinghamshire
Northamptonshire
Yorkshire
Durham
Northumberland
Cumberland
Wales
Cornwall
Isle of Man
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