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Mail robbery

General Post-Office, September 12, 1799
Raguin Code: NEWS –9904

SEVERAL Letters, containing Bills of Exchange, put into the Post-Office at Chelmsford, having been stolen, and some of the Bills lately found at the Door of that Post-Office: His Majesty's Postmaster-General hereby offer a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS to any Person who shall make Discovery, so that the Offender may be brought to Justice; and the Name of the Party shall be kept secret, if required.

Any Accomplice making the Discovery, will be entitled to the same Reward, and will also receive his Majesty's most gracious Pardon.

FRANCIS FREELING, Sec.