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Brotherton Collection	4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	4

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crime and criminals	4
women	1
yiddish language	1
prostitution	1
kidnapping	1
german language	1

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People and organisations	Count
Ramsay, Allan (1713-1784)	1
Vincent, Arthur	1
Poulter, John (1715-1754?)	1
Grolman, Friedrich Ludwig Adolf Von (1773-1855)	1
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734-1773	1
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754	1

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BC Rom/CAN/R

A letter to the right honourable Earl of ----- : concerning the affair of Elizabeth Canning

Ramsay, Allan (1713-1784)

1753

On the supposed kidnapping of Elizabeth Canning; rebuts Henry Fielding's book which supports Canning. Author's name from NUC pre-1956 and BM cited below. Signatures: [A]² B-D⁸ E⁶. [1] p. bl...

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BC Rom/GRO

Wörterbuch der in Teutschland üblichen Spitzbuben Sprachen : in zwei Bänden, die Gauner- und Zigeunersprache enhaltend

Grolman, Friedrich Ludwig Adolf von (1773-1855)

1822

Vol. 2 never published. cf. J. Ješina, Romáňi čib, 1886.

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BC Rom/POU

The discoveries of John Poulter, alias Baxter : who was apprehended for robbing Dr. Hancock of Salisbury, on Clerken Down...; and thereupon discovered a most numerous gang of villains ... Being a full account of all the robberies he has committed, and the surprizing tricks and frauds he has practised for the space of five years last past, in different parts of England

Poulter, John (1715-1754?)

1754

"A full discovery of thieving and defrauding in all shapes", pp. 29-42, includes an account of "Faws, or Gipseys", p. 40; pp. 42-43, "An explanation of the language of thieves, commonly called cant", ...

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BC Rom/VIN

Lives of twelve bad women : illustrations and reviews of feminine turpitude, set forth by impartial hands

Vincent, Arthur

1897

Contents: Alice Perrers, favourite of King Edward III, (d. 1400), by A. Vincent. -- Alice Arden, murderess (ex. 1551), by A. H. Coppinger. -- Moll Cutpurse, thief and receiver (1584?-1659), by C. Andr...