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           1682
        
      
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             A letter from Jamaica, to a friend in London, concerning kid-napping.
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             1682]
          
           
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           Abduction -- England -- Early works to 1800.
           Jamaica -- History -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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             A
          
           LETTER
           
             from
          
           JAMAICA
           ,
           
             to
             a
             Friend
             in
          
           LONDON
           ,
           
             concerning
          
           Kid-Napping
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOURS
           found
           me
           a
           little
           Indispos'd
           ;
           but
           yet
           I
           made
           the
           best
           Enquiry
           my
           Health
           and
           Opportunity
           would
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           Answer
           your
           Desires
           .
           The
           Relation
           you
           have
           sent
           me
           of
           the
           great
           Abuses
           in
           the
           Spiriting
           away
           of
           Children
           ,
           makes
           a
           very
           sad
           Story
           ;
           and
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           Lamentable
           Grief
           to
           their
           Parents
           that
           have
           lost
           them
           .
           You
           should
           have
           done
           well
           to
           have
           sent
           me
           the
           Names
           of
           those
           that
           are
           missing
           ;
           or
           if
           you
           think
           fit
           to
           have
           me
           look
           any
           further
           into
           this
           business
           ,
           pray
           let
           me
           receive
           your
           further
           Directions
           at
           your
           best
           leisure
           .
           We
           are
           not
           without
           Apprehensions
           here
           in
           this
           Place
           for
           the
           Divisions
           in
           
             England
             ;
          
           I
           wish
           we
           may
           yet
           live
           to
           meet
           again
           in
           Comfort
           and
           Peace
           .
        
         
           The
           Paper
           which
           I
           send
           you
           here
           enclosed
           ,
           is
           all
           I
           was
           able
           to
           do
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ;
           but
           upon
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           you
           may
           depend
           .
           I
           do
           not
           know
           but
           you
           may
           find
           in
           this
           List
           some
           unhappy
           People
           that
           you
           look
           for
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           be
           well
           if
           you
           made
           a
           Publication
           of
           it
           in
           one
           of
           the
           comon
           
             News
             Papers
             :
          
           Mr.
           
             Janeway
             ,
          
           or
           Mr.
           
             Curtis
             ,
          
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           will
           do
           it
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           it
           may
           be
           so
           Notified
           ,
           as
           that
           any
           of
           those
           good
           People
           that
           have
           lost
           their
           Children
           ,
           may
           understand
           whither
           to
           Repair
           for
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           know
           no
           better
           a
           way
           ,
           you
           might
           do
           well
           to
           apply
           your self
           to
           Mr.
           
             JOHN
             WILMORE
          
           in
           
             Jewen-street
             ,
          
           who
           is
           a
           Planter
           himself
           ,
           and
           knows
           all
           the
           Tricks
           of
           those
           Rascals
           .
           Besides
           that
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           Man
           of
           Business
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           a
           large
           Acquaintance
           ,
           a
           
             True
             Protestant
             ,
          
           and
           (
           if
           I
           am
           not
           mistaken
           )
           a
           
             Common-Council-Man
             .
          
           He
           is
           very
           Industrious
           and
           Charitable
           beside
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           should
           be
           occasion
           ,
           he
           is
           as
           likely
           to
           assist
           you
           as
           any
           Man
           I
           know
           :
           thô
           it
           were
           to
           go
           as
           far
           as
           the
           
             Hope
          
           upon
           the
           Errand
           ,
           to
           save
           a
           Poor
           Child
           from
           
             Want
             ,
          
           and
           
             Slavery
             .
          
           I
           need
           say
           no
           more
           to
           you
           ,
           than
           that
           if
           you
           have
           his
           Friendship
           ,
           he
           can
           tell
           you
           all
           the
           ways
           of
           the
           
             Trapan
             :
          
           how
           they
           take
           up
           Children
           ,
           Inviegle
           them
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           conveieances
           they
           have
           for
           the
           concealing
           of
           them
           .
           These
           
             Kid-Nappers
          
           will
           tell
           you
           perhaps
           that
           a
           Child
           was
           ready
           to
           be
           eaten
           up
           with
           Vermin
           ,
           and
           they
           took
           him
           in
           Compassion
           ;
           that
           they
           could
           not
           get
           quit
           of
           him
           ,
           or
           persuade
           him
           to
           come
           back
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           thô
           he
           were
           ready
           to
           leap
           into
           the
           Sea
           :
           wherefore
           you
           must
           get
           a
           discreet
           Justice
           to
           examine
           the
           mater
           ;
           so
           the
           rest
           I
           leave
           to
           your
           discretion
           .
        
         
           Little
           
             Will
          
           takes
           to
           his
           business
           very
           well
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           his
           Friends
           will
           have
           Comfort
           of
           him
           .
           Pray
           Commend
           me
           to
           all
           my
           good
           Friends
           and
           Acquaintance
           in
           your
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           and
           pardon
           all
           Faults
           ;
           for
           I
           must
           immediately
           take
           my
           leave
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           Subscribe
           my self
           your
           Affectionate
           Kinsman
           and
           Servant
           ,
        
         
           
             T.
             M.
             
          
        
         
           
             If
             any
             Person
             Named
             in
             the
             following
             List
             ,
             shall
             be
             found
             to
             have
             been
             
               Spirited
            
             away
             :
             Notice
             may
             be
             left
             with
             Mr.
             
               Walter
               Davis
               ,
            
             in
             
               Amen-Corner
               ,
            
             who
             will
             give
             Directions
             how
             to
             make
             a
             further
             Enquiry
             .
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Number
                 of
                 
                   Whites
                   .
                
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 
                   Joseph
                   Russel
                   .
                
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Burne
                   .
                
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 
                   George
                   Shallitoe
                   .
                
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 
                   Vrban
                   Rony
                   .
                
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 
                   Andrew
                   Reddal
                   .
                
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 
                   William
                   Polliard
                   .
                
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 
                   John
                   Brown.
                   
                
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Richard
                 Sevitor
                 .
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 
                   Richard
                   Sevitor
                   .
                
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 
                   James
                   Durham
                   .
                
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 
                   George
                   French.
                   
                
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 
                   Thomas
                   Woodcock
                   .
                
              
               
                 Total
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Whites
                
                 —
                 11.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Number
                 of
                 
                   Whites
                
                 that
                 Dyed
                 in
                 my
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Hughs
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   5
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Peter
                     Peterson
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     John
                     Gwartwrite
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Davies
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Samuel
                     Hodgley
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Sold
                 in
                 my
                 time
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Martin
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   2
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Barber
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Free.
                 
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Ward
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Richard
                   Barret
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Lost
                 at
                 
                   Law
                
              
               
                 with
                 
                   Fountain
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Jamaica
              
               
                 
                   Decemb.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
  

