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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	LS/920.OLI
Title	Oliver the spy: his tours around the Midlands and the North in 1817
Date	2015
Publication Date	2015
Author	Parkin, Michael
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
ISBN	9781530963836
Term	REBELLIONS
	LUDDITES
	SOCIAL CONDITIONS
	INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
	SOCIETIES
	TRIALS

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Oliver; William (fl 1817); Agent provocateur known as Oliver the Spy; responsible for the Pentrich rising in 1817.

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