All posts tagged "counterfeiting"
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4.9KCrime and ScandalNotorious Tom Bell – Minister, Teacher, Pirate, Thief . . .
In 1742 Tom Bell was probably the most well known product of Harvard College in America. The entire nation knew how he...
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7.7KConnecticutHow a Slave and a Counterfeiter Made the Fugio Cent, the 1st U.S. Money
A convicted counterfeiter and a Connecticut slave made the first U.S. coin, called the fugio cent, in fulfillment of a government contract...
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12.4K1Crime and ScandalStephen Burroughs Counterfeiter – A Revolutionary Success Story
Shortly after the end of the Revolutionary war the new American country needed currency, and Stephen Burroughs was happy to oblige. He...
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4.2K4Arts and LeisureConnecticut’s King Tut Ticket Scam of 1979
Once the Metropolitan Museum of Art discovered the King Tut ticket scam in 1979, museum officials easily detected the fakes. That’s because...
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7.1K2Business and LaborThe Colonial Slade Mill Starts a Spice Empire in Revere, Mass.
When David and Levi Slade went into business with their father at his Slade mill in 1837, they had an idea. In...
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87.7K33ConnecticutWay More Than the Scarlet Letter: Puritan Punishments
In their rigid enforcement of community standards, New England’s Puritan punishments often often included the bilbo, the cleft stick, the brand, the ear...
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5.3K4Business and LaborAmerica Gains Its First Map, the Mapmaker Gains Back His Ear
Abel Buell was an uncommonly ingenious cartographer who created the first map of the United States, but only after part of his...
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8.6K7Business and LaborAustin Corbin, The ‘Part-Hog, Part-Shark’ Robber Baron of New Hampshire
In the history of New Hampshire, Austin Corbin stands out as probably the most loathsome blight the state ever produced. So perhaps...
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