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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.

Title: A true discovery of the conduct of receivers and thief-takers in and about the City of London [electronic resource] : 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.
Author: Hitchin, Charles.
Publication: London : printed for the author, and given away gratis, 1718.

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Description

24p. : ill.; 4⁰.

Subject

Thieves > England > London > Early works to 1800
Receiving stolen goods > England > London > Early works to 1800

Note

Also issued in the same year under the title: 'The regulator: or, a discovery of the thieves'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

Kress
Hanson
English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction (note)

Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

642279398
ECCO1-T111663

Author

Hitchin, Charles.

Title

A true discovery of the conduct of receivers and thief-takers in and about the City of London [electronic resource] : 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.

Imprint

London : printed for the author, and given away gratis, 1718.

Indexed In:

Kress, 3057

Hanson, 2447

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, T111663.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.

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