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Multiple deaths and highway robberies shock London society
A series of brutal incidents and deaths are reported across London and surrounding areas. Notable events include several murder cases, robberies, and a shipwreck survivorship tale, with details of locations such as Paddington, Hatton Garden, Limehouse, and St. James's Street, plus trivia on posthumous inheritances and legal notices from Bridewell.
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Thomas Lee
Hartwell House
County of Backs
Dennany
Ailsbury
Buckinghamshire
St. James’s Street
Cane
Tunbridge-Wells
Paddington
Ter House
Hatton Garden
Harding
Nicholas Harding
Kingston Upon Thames
House of Commons
Jonathan Cope
Clifford-street
Sarah Jenkinson
Robert Jenkinson
Oxfordshire
Waldo
Ely
Cornhill
Madam Cox
Hammersmith
Walham-Green
White- Horse
Fetterland
Holbourn
Three Crown
Thames- Street
cBesides
Linnen
Chertsey
Rodb
Heunslow Heath
St. George’s Fields
John Richards
King’s Arms
Leffau
Tooley-street
States General
Prussia
Juliers
Bergues
France
Republick
Duffeldorp
Britain
County of
March
Dunchy of Cleves
South’ Sea
South Sea Annairies
Southisea Annairies
Uiuliaa
Aimidiés
Royau-xc
Znze Alliance
London
Alban Rg
Ditta
South-Sea-House
South-Sea Companye
Gray
Threadneedle Street