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A Full Account of Robberies by Hawkins and Companions
A 4th edition catalogues robberies by Hawkins Sympson and associates including the Bristol mails, London streets, and executions of accomplices. It notes trials, a Bodleian library incident, and a proposed Harwich Mail project. Also ads for cures, medicines, and books with prices and shop locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hawkins
George Sympson
Bristol
General Evans
Worcester
Oxford
Bath
Gloucester
Ipswich
Bury
Earl of Burlington
Lord Bruce
Butler Fox
Archibald Hamilton
Earl of Westmoreland
London
Hawkins
Bodleian
Harwich
Ralph Wilson
J. Peele
Lock’s Head
Ike
Jacob's Coffee House
Threadneedie
Tce Royal Exchange