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Deserters Offered Pardon and Goats Stone Scam Exposed
Notices invoke pardon for deserters from Major Daropre s Company and Groves s Regiment of Foot with rewards for capture. Names of several deserters listed with ages trades and origins from Staffordshire Yorkshire and Kent. Public notice warns of a fraudulent Goats Stone claim offering cure like statements and pricing to lure victims, with locations in London Westminster and Kent for purchase or inquiry.
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Daropre
Groves
Regiment of Foot
John West
Stoake
Staffordshire
George Heathcote
Longnore
Leake
Staffordhire
Taylor
Richard Haccifon
Leeds
Yorkshire
Charles Miller
Ramfure
Joner
Richard Collins
Plymouth
Richard Teogach
Bordleymore
Buller
Grenadiers
Joseph Holmes
Wilson
Richmond
York Shire
Granville
John Allen
Bennenden
Kent
Robertsbridge
Sussex
Nathaniel Walters
Coventry
Birmingham
Warwickshire
Nicolas Bland
Will's Coffee-house
Scotland-Yard
London
Nic. Bland