All posts tagged "swindle"

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  The Double Life of Railroad King Robert Schuyler

  Robert Schuyler was one of the most respected men of his era, the last person likely to pull off one of the...

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  Crime and Scandal

  The Nineteenth Century Curse of Mercie Dale

  The story of the curse of Mercie Dale begins around 1800 in Braintree, Mass. Mercie’s daughter Silence had married William Hayden in...

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  Charles Ponzi, The Financial Idiot Who Drove Boston Money Mad in 1920

  Charles Ponzi in his office. Photo courtesy Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.Charles Ponzi sent Bostonians into such a frenzy over his...

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  Business and Labor

  Connecticut’s Charles Lewis Tiffany Starts a Small Gift Shop

  Charles Lewis Tiffany, the founder of the world-famous Tiffany & Co., came by his trade as a young man in Connecticut. Born...

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  New England Gold Hoax of 1898: Greed Meets Moxie

  There is, in fact, gold in seawater. And that is the kernel of truth upon which two Martha’s Vineyard men would build...