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Folios 249-250. Letter from Robert Dawson giving information about a conspiracy involving...

Catalogue reference: HO 42/30/97

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This record is about the Folios 249-250. Letter from Robert Dawson giving information about a conspiracy involving... dating from 1794 May 23 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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HO 42/30/97
Date
1794 May 23
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Folios 249-250. Letter from Robert Dawson giving information about a conspiracy involving a baker with the Duke of York's army named Vanburg, alias Barrick, who corresponded with others at the Prince of Hesse public house at the corner of Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel. Dawson also describes a desperate gang meeting at Otterspool [near Aldenham, Hertfordshire] in a house owned by Smith, a former pawnbroker in East Smithfield.

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English
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