W Richards

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W Richards

Richards, W. J. [alias William Oliver; called Oliver the Spy] (1774?–1827), spy and agent provocateur

Oxford Biography Index Number 101057111 [what is this?]
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Malcolm Chase, ‘Richards, W. J. (1774?–1827)’, first published 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, 931 words

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/57111

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