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Robbery notice and broadside on highwaymen in 1721
The Bristol Mail carried a late 1721 notice offering rewards for the capture of a highwayman linked to a mail robbery near Maidenhead. It describes a bay horse and a drab coat, pledging rewards of 2000 pounds plus parliamentary bounty, and notes pardons for informants. The document also lists varied adverts for horses and medicines, with stray mentions of bishops and other public notices.
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