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The life of Nicholas Mooney, alias Jackson , born at Regar near Rathfarnham in the County of Dublin: Wherein is contained; an Account of his Parentage and Education; his being put Apprentice to a Paper-Maker at Glassnevin; his Elopement from his Master, and going to Sea; his Return to Ireland, and enlisting in his Majesty's Service; his Desertion, and joining the Rebel Army at Carlisle; his Advancement there, and the Part he acted therein, till the Defeat thereof at Culloden-Mure; his Escape to France; the Adventures he met with till he took to the Highway; the many Robberies he committed in and about London; with a brief Account of his vicious Life till he committed the Robbery at Bristol, for which he was condemned and executed there on Friday, April 24, 1752. Together with Religious and moral Reflections upon the most remarkable Passages of his Life, and an Account of his Conversion, the Sunday before his Trial: The whole delivered by him to the Sheriff at the Place of Execution, and published at his own Request.
Date: 1752- E-books
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History of the four last elections for the county of Suffolk . To which is added a postscript, relative to Mr. Sawbridge's intended motion "for shortening the duration of parliaments." Shewing the propriety of instructing our representatives to support that motion, and illustrating the advantages of triennial parliaments.
Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- E-books
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An enquiry into the causes of the frequent executions at Tyburn and A Proposal for some Regulations concerning Felons in Prison, and the good Effects to be Expected from them. To which is Added, A Discourse on Transportation, and a Method to render that Punishment more Effectual. By B. Mandeville, M. D.
Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- E-books
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The history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans in the northern parts of Scotland and in the western isles from the year M.XXXI. unto M.DC.XIX. To which is added, a collection of curious songs in the Gallic language, published from an original Manuscript.
Date: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]- E-books
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The proceedings of J. Hewitt , alderman, and one of his Majesty's justices of the peace, for the city and county of Coventry, in the year 1756. Being a particular account of the gang of coiners, apprehended in the Counties of Oxford, Warwick, and Stafford, pursued by the Author; Nine of whom were committed to the Goal of this City; part of whom were Tried, Convicted, and Executed there in 1756: With Abstracts from their Letters, Papers, &c. found upon them from their several Agents, and Accomplices, both Abroad and in different Parts of this Kingdom. Their principal Agents who made large Sums will be pointed out; the Cause they owed their Escape from the Punishments due to their Crimes will be stated, and their several Connections with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Coiners, of whom Thomas Lightowller was a particular Instructor, will be set forth. The extraordinary adventures of the said Thomas Lightowller, The greatest mechanical Genius of his Time; Who escaped from this Kingdom, when Stell, and others of that numerous of Gang Yorkshire Coiners, were Apprehended, and Committed to York Castle. Thomas Lightowller was lately in the Service of the Emperess Queen at Vienua, and had a Pension of 300l. per Annum. In two books. Book I.
Hewitt, John, 1719-1802.Date: in the Year M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]