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1750-1759

Principal, or an Accomplice in the said Robbery, shall, upon Conviction, be entitled to a Reward of Two Hundred Pounds,
over and above the Reward given by Act of Parliament for apprehending of Highwaymen.
GEORGE SHELVOCKE, Secretary.

-- 5 3 0 2 NEWS (General Post-Office, July 6, 1753)

These are to give Notice, That the Post will go every Night, (Sundays excepted) from London to Tunbridge Wells, and
from Tunbridge Wells to London, to begin this Night and to continue, during the Summer Season, as usual.
GEO. SHELVOCKE, Secretary.

-- 5 3 0 3 NEWS (General Post-Office, October 18, 1753)

Whereas an Anonymous Letter has been sent to the Right Hon. Thomas Earl of Leicester, his Majesty' Post-Master
General, in the following Terms:
"My Lord, 1753.
"I find that it was by your Orders that Mr. Stockdale was hung in Chains; Now if you dont order him to be taken down,
I will set Fire to your House, and blow your Brains out the first Opportunity.
Thursday October llth."
To the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Leicester at Holkham, Norfolk.
This is to offer a Reward of One Hundred Pounds to any who shall or may make Discovery of the Party or Parties
concerned in Writing or Sending the abovesaid Letter, so that he, she or they, be convicted thereof, together with his
Majesty's most Gracious Pardon for any Accomplice, who shall make Discovery of the same.
GEO. SHEL VOCKE, Secretary.

-- 5 3 0 4 NEWS (General Post-Office, November 7, 1753)

Whereas a second anonymous Letter has been sent to the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Leicester, His Majesty's
Post-Master General, in the following Terms:
"My Lord, 1753.
"I don't find that you have ordred Mr. Stockdale to be taken down, but you give yourself the Trouble to advertise so
much Reward, but you will find yourself quite mistaken, for we are true Englishmen, we ant French Men, nor Irish Men, so
that we shall never discover one another, not for One Thousand, much more your One Hundred Pounds; so then if
Mr. Stockdale ant taken down in a Week's Time, we will serve you as we said in our last Letter.
"Tuesday, October the 30th. So no more.
P.S. "You need not give yourself any more Trouble of advertizing, for we shall all stand true to one another, and are
resolute to have him down, let what will happen."
This is to offer a Reward of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS to any who shall or may make Discovery of the Party or Parties
concerned in Writing or Sending the above said Letter, so that he, she or they, be convicted thereof, together with his
Majesty's most Gracious Pardon for any Accomplice, who shall make Discovery of the same.
GEO. SHELVOCKE,Secretary.

-- 5 4 0 1 NEWS (General Post Office, March 2, 1754)
Whereas the Post Boy, bringing the Kent Mail to this Office, upon Thursday the 28th of February last, was, between
the Hours of Eight and Nine of the Clock in the Evening, attacked and robbed, at a Place called Snipps Hill, about a Mile
beyond Sittingborn by three Footpads, one of whom fired a Pistol, seized the Horse which carried the Mail, beat the said
Post Boy cruelly, and cut the Mail from the Horse and carried it away.

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