t. Thomas'
Hospital.

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There is considerable difficulty in identifying many of the burial-grounds
from which bodies are said in the Diary to have been stolen. Many of these
were private, and the name mentioned is probably either that of the
proprietor or of the care-taker. No doubt, too, some of the names are
slang terms which are quite forgotten at the present day.[29]

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THE DIARY

[The spelling of the Diary has been preserved in the reprint, but as
there is no attempt at punctuation in the original, stops have here
been added to make some of the entries more intelligible. The
writer's capital letters, too, have not been strictly followed in the
reprint.]

1811 NOVEMBER.

_Thursday 28th._ At night went out and got 3, Jack & me Hospital Crib,[30]
Benj{n}, Danl & Bill to Harpers,[31] Jack & me 1 big Gates,[32] sold 1
Taunton D{o} S{t} Thomas's.

_Friday 29th._ At night went out and got 3, Jack, Ben & me got 2, Bethnall
Green, Bill & Dan{l}. 1 Bartholo{w}. Crib opened;[33] whole at Barth{w}.

_Saturday 30th._ At night went and got 3 Bunhill Row, sold to Mr. Cline,
S{t}. Thomas's Hospital.

REMARKS, &C., DECEMBER, 1811.

_Sunday 1st._ We all look{d}. out,[34] at Home all night.

_Monday 2nd._ Met at S{t}. Thomas's, Got paid for the 3 adults & settled;
met and settled with Mordecei,[35] made Him up L2 5s. 6d. and Receipt of
all demands. At Home all night.

_Tuesday 3rd._ Went to look out and brought the Shovils from Barthol{w}.,
Met early in the evening at Mr. Vickers,[36] did not go out that night,
Butler and me came home intoxsicated.

_Wednesday 4th._ At night went out and got 10, whole[37] went to Green[38]
and got 4, Black Crib 1, Bunner[39] fields 5.

_Thursday 5th._ The whole at home all night.

_Friday 6th._ Removed 1 from Barthol. to Carpue.[40] At night went out and
got 8, Dan{l}. at home all night. 6 Back S{t}. Lukes & 2 Big Gates: went 5
Barthol. 1 Frampton[41] 3 S{t}. Thomas's, 3 Wilson.[42]

_Saturday 7th._ At night went out & got 3 at Bunhill Row. 1 S{t}.
Thomas's, 2 Brookes.[43]

_Sunday 8th._ At home all night.

_Monday 9th._ At night went out and got 4 at Bethnall Green.

_Tuesday 10th._ Intoxsicated all day: at night went out & got 5 Bunhill
Row. Jack all most buried.

_Wednesday 11th._ Tom & Bill and me removed[44] 5 from S{t}. Barthol{w}.,
2 Wilson,