Soldiers - Great Britain - Biography - Early works to 1800
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An CVIII. years of the life, and a relation of the gallant exploits of the old highlander, Serjeant Donald Macleod, who returned wounded with the corps of General Wolfe from the battle of Quebec, was shipwrecked on the coast of Scarborough, and is now a pensioner of Chelsea Hospital
Thomson, William, 1746-1817.Date: 1797- E-books
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With the circumstances of each fraud, and the names of all the parties injured. The northern hero being a faithful narrative of the life, adventures, and deceptions, of James George Semple, commonly called Major Semple, alias Major Harrold, Major Maxwell, Major Grant, Major Cunningham, Major Winter, &c. &c. &c. With an Account of his Devices at Lord Salisbury's, Sir Thomas Dundass's, and Mr. Pitt's. Also the almost innumerable Inventions by which he obtained Goods of Tradesmen of every Profession, with the Particulars of each Transaction. The Whole supported by indisputable Authority, with the Names of the Persons who were the Objects of his Depredations, and the singular Manner of his Apprehension. Together with an account of his trial, Before Mr. Justice Gould and the Recorder, at th Old Bailey, on Saturday, September 2, for defrauding Mr. John Lycett, Coach-Maker, in Whitechapel, of a post-chaise, value Fifty Guineas, of which the Jury convicted him without going out of Court.
Date: [1786]