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Addison and crime notices in a crowded 18th century issue
An 18th century miscellany lists Addison works and prices, then reports a burglary at Edward Pollen's Enfield home with stolen plate and valuables. It also notes a runaway servant, several coach schedules, and a new volume publishing unrelated sensational crime narratives.
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Fuft
Countess of Warwick
Addison
Price
Pricer
B. Curll
Temple
Fleettreet
Edward Pollen
Enfield
Middlesex
Hodfell
Goldmith
Golden Cup
Catherine-street
Strand
Tisteas
Thomas Bate
John Brownell
Cottenham
Cambridge
Thomas Baldwin
Cooper
London
Crown Inn
Slough
Bath
Bristol
Sarazen Head Inn
Friday-street
Ben Ion
New Church
John Tiley
Swanyard
Somerset-House
Howard
Chequer-Court
Charing-Cross
Mrs. Morgan
White-Hart
Tholfel
Mr. Wilk
White-Hare
King’s Bath
Edward the Confessor
Bernard Sympson
Maidenhead-Thicket
Alex, Smith
S. Briscoe
Bell-Savage
Ludgate-hill
Bickerton
Pater-no-er-row
Butler
Cobler
Vicar of