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Lottery and Horse Race Notices from York Wakefield Era
London notices warn of Elizabeth Geary committed to Newgate for fraud involving gan dies and money. Public alerts seek lost box rewards, horse race entries, cocking event details, and August Wakefield and York races with purses ranging to 20 guineas. Notices include patronage of Serle’s Coffee-house and various inns in London and the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth Geary
Jeffery Saunders
Middlesex
Newgate
N.B
Seaton
Serle
York
Hamiton
Wedacrecay
Market Cross
North Allerton
Cooper
Arundel-treet
Strand
Welton
Horton
Northamptonshire
Red Lyon Inn
Northampton
Robert Marden
George Inn
West Smithfield
Sarah
Daniel Nunns
Leeds
Wakefield Ourwood
Gol
John Scrooby
White Bear
Wakefield