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Letter from Samuel Whitbread, Dover Street, to W Wilshere in which he refers to what seems to be a proposed fraud and to two papers written about it by a man who visited him. 'I have much curious Anecdote to tell you'. With a letter brought to Samuel Whitbread by Mr T Forman in order to introduce himself and to 'unfold a most foul and wicked conspiracy'. With a written description by T Forman of events which led him to visit Samuel Whitbread. [Details given]

1 Sep 1814

From: 1814 To: 1814

Details given by T Forman: He had been asked to execute an assignment of lease at the offices in Lyons Inn of Mr William Henry Pullen for Mr Lawrence Williams, Attorney, Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane. T Forman would receive £3. When he arrived, Mr Williams was not ready 'because some person from Bedford was expected'. T Forman was asked to return next morning, and did so, executing the assignment as the real and bona fide purchaser for the sum of £10. An order was written giving permission to carry away from the estate, said to be Headley or Hardwick, but in fact the land of one Baker, a bankrupt, pretended to be sold by Baker's assignee. One of them was John Willoughby. The 'diabolical scheme' of those involved was to defraud Baker's creditors.

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Whitbread, Samuel,
Wilshere, William,
Forman, T,
Pullen, William Henry,
Williams, Lawrence,
Baker,
Willoughby, John

letters, fraud, attorney, debt, Mayfair Dover Street, City of London Cursitor Street, SHEFFORD HARDWICK