A canine Blackett

Submitted by alkirtley on Thu, 11/21/2019 - 16:09

On 6 Jul 1722 the following entry appeared in the London Daily Post:

Entry from London Daily Post
Entry in London Daily Post

 

 Two guineas was all that some domestic servants earned in a year, but John and Christopher could well afford so handsome a reward as they were respectively the 4th and 3rd surviving sons of Sir Edward Blackett (1649-1718).

It is not known if the spaniel was recovered.