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Missing bags of letters. Tunbridge bag lost or stolen between Sevenoaks and Bromley

General Post-Office, October 19, 1771
Raguin Code: NEWS –7102

The Tunbridge Bag of Letters, which should have arrived at this Office on Monday Morning last, being lost or stolen out of the Mail somewhere between Seven-Oaks and Bromley, two of the Bank Notes sent in the said Bag were this Day put off in Rosemary Lane at two Cloaths Shops, by two Men: The one about thirty-six or forty Years old, five Feet nine or ten Inches high, his own straight Hair, a Brown Complexion, long Nose, and long Visage; had on a light coloured Coat, and Scarlet Waistcoat, and dirty Leathern Breeches; and who bought, fitted for his own Size, a Salmon-coloured Suit of Cloaths, Lining and Basket Buttons of the same, with a plain Cuff, and fall-down Collar, a Cinnamon-coloured Surtout, and a Pair of new Buck-skin Breeches, marked on the Inside of the Waistband with the Shop Mark, E I. The other, stout set, about twenty-eight Years old, five Feet six or seven Inches high, his own straight Hair, swarthy Complexion, had on a round, dirty, or brown Linen Waggoner's Frock, Scarlet Jacket, with Cuffs, dirty Buckskin Breeches, and who likewise bought, for his own Size, a Blue Cloth Coat, Scarlet Waistcoat, and a Chocolate-coloured Bath-coating Surtout.

Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, both or either of the Persons above described, will be entitled to a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS.

ANTH. TODD, Secretary.