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PEP.777.114
13 Sep 1777:4782 (3/404)
Was stolen out of the house of the subscriber, tavern keeper
on Frankford Road, in the Northern Liberties, on the 4th
inst. (Sept.) forty-one pounds five shillings in paper
money, two silver watches, and a new beaver hat. The
thieves are John Halfpenny, a deserter from the barracks,
belonging to Capt. Syme's company of the Virginia Tenth
regiment,
. . . born in England, and can beat on the drum;
. . . [6 lines follow on other thief and reward terms]
[Reward] Eight [Dollars] each.
[signed] Philip Stock.
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