15 September 1849

Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

Document signed

Title: Pardon of William Childers, convicted of counterfeiting.

Convicted of passing counterfeit coin; sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Pardoned for "...divers good and other sufficient reasons...". (c/s John M. Clayton)

GLC00173.03

30 October 1868

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of James O'Neill].

GLC00173.07

December 19, 1889

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

Document signed

Title: Pardon of Frank Lucas, convicted of counterfeiting.

Convicted of passing counterfeit silver dollars; sentenced to four years hard labor, and to pay a $500 fine and court costs. Pardoned since his innocence had been corroborated by the U.S. Marshall, deputies, and clerk. (c/s James G. Blaine)

GLC00173.09

April 21, 1777

Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Whipple

Discusses various Tory conspiracies, such as counterfeiting currency (to cause inflation) and spreading smallpox. Describes the difficulties of recruiting sufficient men for the army. Notes that many men have marched to Ticonderoga. Postscript dated April 22, 1777 mentions the arrival of a French ship. Bartlett represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress.

GLC00193

July 20, 1804

Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821

Autograph letter signed

Title: Report of a committee of the Bank of the United States that was formed to investigate an alleged counterfeiting ring in North Carolina

Also signed by George Fox, both as members of the committee. They confirm the existence the ring, saying of it that it is a "very extensive Combination, and of a very formidable nature, to counterfeit & pass Notes purporting to be of the Bank of the United States." It includes men of property and influence. They suggest remedies, saying that they are supported in these by Pennsylvania Congressman Joseph Clay. In June 1804, Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin and Governor of Virginia John Page had requested that a committee of the Bank of the United States be formed to investigate…

GLC00496.012

29 March 1861

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Authorization to the Secretary of State to affix the seal of the United States to the pardon of Milo Thornton for counterfeiting coins].

In Ohio, Thornton had been convicted in 1859 and sentenced to the Ohio State Penitentiary for ten years. According to D. R. Kinsell, his physician, his health was quickly failing and he would soon become a lunatic if not released. The release was supported by Ohio representative John Hutchins, Marshall of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio Mathew Johnson, R. P. Rammey (the district attorney who had prosecuted him), and others.

GLC00613

February 11, 1878

Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of Smith T. Conlee].

GLC00681

05 June 1862

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Document signed

Title: [Presidential pardon of Edward Stevenson who had been convicted in Massachusetts in May 1858 of counterfeiting].

Edward Stevenson was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln because he had served out his sentence, but was unable to pay his fine he remained incarcerated. Countersigned by Secretary of State William H. Seward.

GLC00741

13 September 1860

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868

Document signed

Title: [Pardon of Minard Granger for counterfeiting coins].

Countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass. Minard Granger was convicted in October, 1853, and imprisoned in Auburn, New York. Buchanan pardoned Granger near the end of his sentence on the recommendation of his trial judge N. K. Hall. Reasons cited were that Granger gave valuable information to the marshal after his conviction and that his health had been destroyed by imprisonment. Incldues a blue paper ribbon on second page.

GLC01093

January 20, 1869

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

Document signed

Title: [Presidential authority to the Secretary of State to affix the seal to the pardon of George S. Becker].

GLC01110

August 23, 1779

Marchant, Henry, 1741-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Clarke

States he has received his letter and is concerned to hear that Marchant has not located two missing bundles of money yet. Advises that he will support his integrity in this matter should he be blamed for it or for another problem with counterfeit bills. Advises him to send copies of all the letters pertaining to the lost money and the counterfeit bills to William Ellery, a Continental Congressman from Rhode Island. Congratulates him on Major Henry Lee's brilliant attack on the British at Paulus Hook (August 19, 1779). Reports that he has heard things look well at Penobscot, (referring to the…

GLC01450.104.01

August 30, 1779

Marchant, Henry, 1741-1796

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Joseph Clarke

Discusses two lost bundles of money, and states that Mr. Hopkinson needs all the information about the matter so he can present it to the Treasury fairly. He has heard the Penobscot expedition has failed and that the American fleet was burned. Comments that Continental forces will not falter under the disappointments but will seek vengeance. Letter is not addressed but recipient is inferred from context (refer to GLC01450.104.01).

GLC01450.104.02

1 January 1776

Sykes, James, 1725-1792

Document signed

Title: [Delaware colonial currency].

Cosigned by John McKinly. Four shilling note. Issued according to an act of the General Assembly of the counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex. Back reads: "To Counterfeit is Death." Printed on thick paper containing blue thread and mica in an attempt to prevent counterfeiting. With border cuts engraved by James Adams (Wilmington), the first Delaware printer, who also printed the note. Adams worked for Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia before moving to Delaware.

GLC01980.05.03

12 July 1859

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Kelly

Discusses a recently discovered Mormon scheme to counterfeit United States treasury drafts. The building where the counterfeiting operation was based was within Brigham Young's compound, and Moore claims this is evidence that Young must have known of it. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.19

February 1, 1860

Moore, John, 1826-1907

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mary Kelly

Discusses lawlessness in Utah. Moore reports that an opponent of Bill Hickman, a Mormon who was shot and Moore was treating, was murdered in Hickman's home. A group of Hickman's supporters committed the crime; one took the blame and the others swore it was self-defense. Also describes the lax punishments of a man who attempted to take stolen horses to California and a man who forged United States treasury drafts (GLC04194.19). Comments on theaters. Written at Camp Floyd.

GLC04194.28

September 1785

Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814

Document signed

Title: [Indictment of Joseph Harris as a counterfeiter]

Countersigned by Nathan Rowley. Charging Harris with defrauding and injuring the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in May 1785 by making 800 pieces of counterfeit money in mixed metals. Paine was Attorney General of Massachusetts 1777-1796.

GLC08206

29 July 1862

Hanleiter & Adair (publishers), fl. 1861-1865

Newspaper

Title: Southern confederacy. [Vol. 2, no. 139 (July 29, 1862)]

Prints a letter titled "Our Special Correspondence from General Humphrey Marshall's Command", in which Marshall describes the trajectory of the war and warns against the "syren song" of foreign intervention. "Gen. Bedford Forest" describes the features, attributes, and illustrious career of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Other articles include: "Important Arrest of a Circulator of Counterfeit Confederate Money--Another Thieving Yankee Plot Exposed," "Both Fleets Have Abandoned Vicksburg," and "Captured Union Flag Displayed in Atlanta." Includes accounts of proceedings in the U.S. Senate,…

GLC05959.09.059

1735

Zenger, John P., 1697-1746

Newspaper

Title: New-York weekly journal. [Vol. 933, no. 98 (September 22, 1735)]

Bitterly denounces the government of William Cosby, although the writer never uses the Governor's name in the essay. Particularly focuses on the corruption of the counselors and ministers who surround the governor and prevent the voice of the people from reaching Cosby. Includes an update on the War of the Polish Succession. Reports the capture of a suspect carrying counterfeit bills from Connecticut. The suspect was imprisoned and found to be carrying a total of one hundred pounds. Advertises the soon-to-be-published "A Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger,…

GLC06108.05

circa 1880-1890

Volck, Adalbert John, 1828-1912

Print

Title: Counterfeit Confederate notes publicly offered for sale in the "City of Brotherly Love"

Depicts a disreputable fellow, cigarette in mouth, motioning toward a broker's office which bears a sign that reads: "Counterfeit Confederate Treasury Notes for Sale. Soldiers under orders to the South supplied with lots to suit at reasonable rates." Two men with him appear to be examining the notes he has purchased. A rather effeminate officer, replete with puffy bloomers and a tiny waist using his saber as a walking stick, stands in the doorway to the establishment. Around the corner is the "Bible House," which advertises "Tracts for Soldiers." Volck is commenting on what he sees as the…

GLC00493.25

1863

Header Record

Title: [Braxton Bragg letter and counterfeit Confederate currency he transmitted] [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC05006

1861

Printed document

Title: [Counterfeit $100 Confederate bill]

Stamped "Counterfeit" eight times. Sent from Braxton Bragg to Christopher G. Memminger (see GLC05006.01).

GLC05006.02

1850/10/15

Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of J. Walton Hopkins, convicted of counterfeiting.

Convicted of passing counterfeit coin. Pardoned after request from the jury and district attorney. (c/s W.S. Derrick) Pardon is framed with picture of President Fillmore.

GLC01986

1770/12/17

Blount, John Gray, 1752-1833

Manuscript document signed

Title: [Receipt for money owed to John G. Blount by North Carolina]

Countersigned by John Clitherall. Expenses billed to the "Publick of North Carolina" include costs of delivering proclamations discontinuing assemblies in various counties and costs for transporting a suspected counterfeiter named James Mansfield.

GLC02450.02

1713/07/18

Jamison, David, fl. 1619-1717

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Robert Livingston re: conterfeit money

Jamison states that he has some letters for Livingston that he will send by the next post in August. He also notes that their bills of credit have been counterfeited, and the perpetrator is thought to be a jeweler from Boston. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC03107.01026

1869/12/22

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

Manuscript document signed

Title: Pardon of William W. Copper (c/s Hamilton Fish)

Convicted of counterfeiting

GLC06942