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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 20, 1740
Page
2
A highwayman with a drawn hanger and pistol fled toward Worcester after robbing a man of a moidores Jane Silver a watch and more, then rode off. He later ambushed two Birmingham gentlemen on the lawn and secured further booty. Reported the thief turned up a clergyman's horse near Ledbury and reclaimed it.
London reports a squadron of sixteen line of battle ships to move up the Baltick under Admiral Stewart. The piece mentions marriages among Wiltshire and Northamptonshire gentry, a planned match involving Mr Wallop, and various late deaths, robberies, and court actions. Also notes powder orders, race results, and naval news from Oporto to London.
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