Today a well-known horse thief, with three horses, was arrested in our woods, and the next day was taken as a prisoner toward Richmond.
Beyond Bethania he was was turned over to a man to be taken on, but he struck the man from his horse and escaped. (a week or two later he was seen on some of the farms near us, and that night our stable was entered, and the above mentioned three horses were taken out. Finally the thief was recaptured, but again manage to escape. For sometime horse stealing has been general in this neighborhood, and it seems difficult to put a stop to it.) -- September 18, 1785 - source - The Salem Congregation Diary.
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