Content Description | Writes that he has sent 'One Doe, 1 Goose, 1 Turkey, Butter from the Dayry, and 2 fat Wethers'; reports that two men broke into a widow's house at Over and stole £150; adds that the men were labourers who had worked at Wimpole but who were not known to Cossen; writes that they were taken to Huntingdon and Cambridge gaols; names one of the men as Thomas Stretch, and suspects that Tag the Taylor is also involved.
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