Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Document 1786Pierce's intentions in regards to a forged securities and his plans for apprehending the forger (an officer) of a particular note. Also mentions a person he has confined in jail for passing forged securities.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Pierce's intentions in regards to a forged securities and his plans for apprehending the forger (an officer) of a particular note. Also mentions a person he has confined in jail for passing forged securities.
Date
06/20/1786
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Army Commissioner's Office, NY
Document number
1786062021055
Page start
46
Note
The manuscript copy is not signed but is in the hand of John Pierce.
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Notable persons
John Winslow
John Pierce
Captain Barns
every suspected person
loan officer of the state
Joseph Noyes
James Johnston
villain
Canadian
Notable locations
Army Commissioner's Office
New York
South Carolina
Pembroke
New Hampshire
Concord
Sudburry
Massachusetts
Boston
Notable items
forged securities which have been passed as genuine
dollars
description
character
attestation
note
rigorous measures
counterfeit securities
confined
gaol [ jail ]
payment