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Folio 158. Reward poster offering 100 guineas for the discovery of whoever set fire...

Catalogue reference: HO 64/1/51

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This record is about the Folio 158. Reward poster offering 100 guineas for the discovery of whoever set fire... dating from 1822 Mar 1 in the series Home Office: Criminal (Rewards and Pardons) Correspondence and Secret Service Reports. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 64/1/51
Date
1822 Mar 1
Description

Folio 158. Reward poster offering 100 guineas for the discovery of whoever set fire to a range of buildings connected with a Saw Mill belonging to Mr David Bellhouse, Garratt, Manchester. A further 100 guineas is being offered by 'the Royal Exchange, Sun, Phoenix, Globe, Atlas, Norwich Union and West of England Fire Offices' to anyone who can give information leading to the writer of a threatening letter received by Mr Bellhouse. A copy of the letter is at the bottom of the poster.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9593023/

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