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Thieves - England - London - Early works to 1800

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    A true discovery of the conduct of receivers and thief-takers in and about the City of London to the multiplication, and encouragement of thieves, house-breakers, and other loose and disorderly persons. Design'd as Preparatory to a larger Treatise, wherein shall be propos'd Methods to extirpate and suppress for the future such villanous Practices. Humbly Dedicated to the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen and Common-Council. By Charles Hitchin, One of the Marshals of the City of London.

    Hitchin, Charles | Date: 1718

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