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Folios 72-74. A letter from Edw [Edward] Stanley to William Fraser, dated at Customs...

Catalogue reference: SP 37/22/22

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This record is about the Folios 72-74. A letter from Edw [Edward] Stanley to William Fraser, dated at Customs... dating from 1771 Nov 23 - 1771 Nov 26 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 37/22/22
Date
1771 Nov 23 - 1771 Nov 26
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Folios 72-74. A letter from Edw [Edward] Stanley to William Fraser, dated at Customs House [London] concerning descriptions advertised of several house-breakers wanted for murder [including at Mrs Hutchins house in Chelsea]. A suspect matching the description has been detained. Folio 73. Wm [William] Willcock and R Platt, dated at Customs House, Falmouth [Cornwall]. A suspect has been detained matching the description of Coshay, excepted that, unlike the description, he does have a wart. The suspect says his name is John Davis, from London and born in Wales, a china-mender or hatter, en route to Holland with a Dutch woman he met in Truro [Cornwall].

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English
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Open Document, Open Description
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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III

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