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A76887 Bloody news from Angel-Alley in Bishopgate-Street, being a true and full account of the cruel murdering of one Dorothy Jewers, who on Fryday last, the 27th of September, was barbarously robbed and kill'd by two of her lodgers. : With an account how she was at first found dead, and also how these murderers after they had committed this bloody fact made their escape. 1678 (1678) Wing B3261B; ESTC R172792 2,208 9

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