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Escape from Gatehouse Prison Sparks Reward Notice
A youth named Jacob Harris, about 18, slim and 5 ft 6 in, with pale complexion and a light plaited wig, escaped Westminster Gatehouse on Monday 17 instant between 7 and 9 PM. A ten guinea reward is offered bykeeper Mr Bates for his capture and return. Public notices also advertise Lambeth Wells reopening March 24 with musical and dancing, plus assorted medicinal and commercial advertisements from Aldersgate Street, Cornhill, Fleet Street, and the Strand, all dated 1717.
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London Stone
St Swithing’s
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Benecarlos
Barcelona
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Mountain Malaga
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Paracelius van Helmone
Haydon Yard
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Angel and Crown
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Royal Exchange
King
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Peter Riscorla
Cow-Cross
West- Smithfield
Great Britain
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Queen’s Court
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Alberto Henrico de Sallengre
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Strand
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Sir Roger Lestrange