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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.

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With the circumstances of each fraud, and the names of all the parties injured. The northern hero [electronic resource] : 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.
Publication
London : printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street; and sold by all booksellers, [1786]

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Additional Authors
Semple, James George, 1759-
Description
ix,[1],84p.,plate; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Northern hero.
Subject
  • Impostors and imposture > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
  • Soldiers > Great Britain > Biography > Early works to 1800
  • Trials (Larceny) > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Later editions were published with the titles 'The northern imposter' and 'Memoirs of the northern impostor'.
  • With an advertisement leaf following the title page
  • Price from imprint: price One Shilling 1786. Of whom may be had, Price Three Shillings, being a proper Companion for this Work, the Whole forming an excellent Leston to the unwary. Memoirs of a Social Monster; or, The History of Charles Price: with a faithful Detail of his Devices and Depredations on Society for upwards of fifty Years. [+][+]Both these Works are entered at Stationers Hall.
  • Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642179919
  • ECCO1-N25779
Title
With the circumstances of each fraud, and the names of all the parties injured. The northern hero [electronic resource] : 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.
Imprint
London : printed for G. Kearsley, No. 46, Fleet-Street; and sold by all booksellers, [1786]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N25779.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Semple, James George, 1759-
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