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An Effectual scheme for the immediate preventing of street robberies, and suppressing all other disorders of the night. [electronic resource] : With a bief history of the night-houses. And an appendix relating to those sons of hell, call'd incendiaries. Humbly inscribed to the Right Honourable the Lord-Mayor of the city of London.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online II (ECCO) Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, attributed name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Robbery--History--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Robbery.
Shoplifting--History--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Shoplifting.
Brigands and robbers--History--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Brigands and robbers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (72p. )
Other Title:
Effectual scheme for the immediate preventing of street robberies, and suppressing all other disorders of the night
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for J. Wilford, at the Three-Flower-de-Luces behind the Chapter-House, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCXXXI [1731]
Notes:
Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe (Crossley, Lee, Trent, Hutchins, Moore, Novak). Attribution disputed by Furbank and Owens, Defoe de-attributions.
Price on title page: (Price 1s.)
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
Cited in:
Moore, 516
English Short Title Catalog, N65425.
OCLC:
508308379

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