Counterfeit certificates

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Thomas Smith Esqr Feby 27. 1787 Copied New York Feby 26 1787

Sir Inclosed you will received further continuance of my Register of certificates issued. I wrote you last week that the certificates offered for sale by Willson ^ who is was in your Goal is counterfeit. I presume that Mr Nowells deposition on the subject undecipherable line as he wants to go to [undecipherable: Hil?] & I shall wish for that reason his residence it may be accepted on the Loyal of this fellow. Thos. Smith Esquire

Type

Autograph Draft Letter Signed

Description

Encloses a continuance of his register of certificates and confirms that the certificate offered for sale by Mr. Wilson is counterfeit, earning Wilson a jail sentence.

Date

02/26/1787

Author

Recipient

Sent from

New York

Document number

1787022621001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Thomas Smith
John Pierce
Wilson
Howell

Notable locations

New York
Philadelphia

Notable items

Register
certificates
[jail]
counterfeit
counterfeiting