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Deserters Sought From British Regiments in Windsor Camp Circumstances
An Edinburgh broadside dated October 2 1740 details two deserters Eferted from Col Pulteney’s Regiment and Cornwallis’s Brigade. Samuel Moss, 26, Manchester born brash maker, 5 ft 11.5 in, smoothe face, lank brown hair. William Hall, 30, Redwater Northumberland born labourer, 5 ft 8.75 in, dark hair. Rewards offered. Descriptions urge capture and notice to officers in Birmingham or Warwick Street.
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Pulteney
Windsor
Samuel Moss
Manchester
Lord Mark Kegr
Dragoons
Norice
Birmingham
Levert
Warwick Street
Golden-square
Edinburgh
Cornwallis
William Hall
England
Redwater
Northumberland
Egies
William Blakeney
Tnifkilin Regiment of Foot
Hristol
Ostober
Tachem
Alexander Wilson
Blakeney
Queenstreet
Westminster
Fermyistreet
St. James’s
Richard Manningham
Anz. Ald
F.R.S
College of Whisicians
London
N. B
Phisick
T. Gardiner
Cowley’s Head
Temple Bar
Fort Infirmary