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 ====== Claim for flour ======
-Back to [[orchard_joseph_1749|Joseph Orchard]]\\
+Back to [[orchard_joseph_1749|Joseph Orchard]] | [[orchard_joseph_1749_american_loyalist_claim|American Loyalist Claim]]\\
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+**Below:** I wonder who Mr Quick and Mr Corby were?\\
+Mr Corby may have been a fellow baker; and a [[https://allthingsliberty.com/2014/09/the-statue-of-george-iii/|Mr Corby was sent to reclaim the King's head]] after the downing of George III's statue at Bowling Green (not the massacre, obvs. m( )... in 1776. \\
+Mr Quick is a complete mystery at this moment.
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+**March 2026 update:** Mr Quick and Mr Corby seem to be Abraham Quick and Thomas Corbie. Thomas Corbie was landlord of the Richmond Hill Tavern ("Corbie's Tavern", rendezvous site for the conspirators of the [Thomas] **Hickey Plot**, a conspiracy to kill or kidnap George Washington), and did indeed recover the statue head with John Cox.
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