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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Fictional organization.<br /> <br /> <br /> == In the Sherlock Holmes Stories ==<br /> <br /> The Red-Headed League was an association invented by [[Duncan Ross]] (aka [[William Morris]]) and [[John Clay|Vincent Spaulding]] (aka [[John Clay]]) designed to keep [[Jabez Wilson]] away from his pawnshop. <br /> <br /> The League published an ad in [[The Morning Chronicle]], on 27 april [[1890]] ([[REDH]], {{refcanon|REDH|71}}):<br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039; &#039;To THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE. - On account of the bequest of the late Ezekiah Hopkins, of Lebanon, Penn., U.S.A. there is now another vacancy open which entitles a member of the League to a salary of four pounds a week for purely nominal services. All red-headed men who are sound in body and mind, and above the age of twenty-one years, are eligible. Apply in person on Monday, at eleven o&#039;clock, to Duncan Ross, at the offices of the League, 7 Pope&#039;s Court, Fleet Street.&#039; &#039;&#039; ([[REDH]], {{refcanon|REDH|62}})<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> As [[Jabez Wilson]] is red-headed, he is motivated by [[John Clay|Vincent Spaulding]], his new employee, to apply to the ad. When he arrives at Pope&#039;s Court, [[Duncan Ross]] tells him that he has every requirement and he is employed to wrote The Encyclopedia Britannica on paper for a good pay.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Red-Headed League was dissolved on 9 october [[1890]]. ([[REDH]], {{refcanon|REDH|220}})<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Locations]]</div>

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