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TitleHenry Clayton and others bring an indictment against William Harrison, a labourer now being held in jail, for collecting money from people in the Parish of Linton through a forged letter of license granted to him by the name of William Blake, and others, which claimed he had sustained a great loss by fire aboard the Dolphin merchant ship in London. Harrison pleased guilty, the court ordered he be transported to an American plantation colony for 7 years. Harrison was to remain in jail until an oppertunity arose to carry out the order.
DateMichaelmas 1767
CreatorNameCambridgeshire Quarter Sessions: entries in Order Book
RepositoryCambridgeshire Archives
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