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Cheese, Stolen Paper, and the London Book Trade, 1750–99
- Eighteenth-Century Life
- Duke University Press
- Volume 38, Number 3, Fall 2014
- pp. 100-110
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract
This article examines one aspect of crime in the London book trade. It deals with the theft of paper, blank, printed, and manuscript, from seventeen members of the trade and discusses how the thieves attempted to sell the paper to other London tradesmen, primarily cheesemongers. The main source for this study is the online database London lives, 1690-1800 . . . Old Bailey Proceedings.
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