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to give it pect as a shrewd conjecture of theirs
that they had seen the Pretender. This spread abroad
and he got a collection of I think 250£ sent
to him with which he made off.

Who should this be after all but a younger
Brother of the Duke of Courland's. He had
twice paid his depts for him after having given
him his portion but he still continued this
profession of defrauding which he seemed to do for
the sake of the pleasure of arising from the success
of his contrivances, for he was not a man of few
other wants and of no expence but in the collecting
and supporting all kinds of people who could
assist him in his schemes. I think it was in France
he committed his last Roguery on account of which he was
taken up and I believe sent over to Russia into confinement.

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Identifier: | JB/538/368/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 538.
Date_1	1779-09-03	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	538	Main Headings
Folio number	368	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
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Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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