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January 4, 1822
The Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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Public caution issued on counterfeit $2 bills from Hartford Bank and altered bills from N.Y. North River Bank. McAlpin jailed in Ithaca for passing counterfeits; large cache discovered in Hector barn, including bills from multiple banks. Another suspect arrested in Utica.
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COUNTERFEIT BILLS.
Caution to the Public.—There are in circulation, counterfeit two dollar bills of the Hartford Bank, intended to be imitation of bills from a plate engraved by Reed, the ornaments of which on the ends of the bills, &c. are made to resemble die work. The true bill of this plate, signed John Caldwell, President, bear date the 1st of Jan. A. D. 1818. Those signed by Nathaniel Terry, President, the 1st Nov. 1819.
The counterfeits are signed Nathaniel Terry, President, and Horace Burr, Cashier, and bear date the 10th of Oct. 1819. The engraving, except the figure of the ram on the top, is done pretty well; the date number and signature are done very badly.
The public are cautioned against receiving bills on the N. Y. North River Bank, without accurate examination. A gentleman, in N. York, received one, without suspicion, for five dollars, which proved to be a one dollar bill, with the figure encircled by a similar copper-plate design, to that of the genuine five dollar bills, ingeniously pasted over it.
A person by the name of McAlpin is confined in the jail at Ithaca, for passing counterfeit notes; from information obtained from this person, a large amount of counterfeit bills on a number of different banks was found in a barn in the town of Hector; a description of which, taken by our informant at Ithaca, from the bills themselves is subjoined.
$3 Phenix Bank, of Hartford; fifty bills, letter D. Norman Knox, President, Geo. Beach Cashier.
$10 Mechanics Bank of New-York, 151 bills dated 22d Feb. 1819. letter C. Lorillard, Pres. Jno. Fleming Cash.
$3 Sussex Bank, Newton, 16 bills, letter D. S. D. Morford, Cash. Daniel Stuart, Pres.
$1 Bank of New-York, August 1st, 1818; 23 bills very poor paper, Mathew Clarkson, President, Charles Wilkes Cash.
$5 of Landholders Bank, R. Island, Thos. R. Wells, Cash. John B. Dorkvoy, Pres't. letter A. 5 bills. Nov. 19, 1818.
$5 of the Bank of New-York, letter D. 96 bills, 1st Jan. 1820,
$10 State Bank of New-Brunswick, letter B. Various dates, 9 bills, John Bray. Cash. various names for Pres't.
$2 Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Albany, Feb. 2. 1819. B. Knower, Pres't, T. W. Olcot, Cash. 2 bills.
3 Central Bank of Cherry Valley, letter F. Jan. 8, 1819. A. M. Schermerhorn, Cash. A. White, Pres. 28 bills.
$3 Marine Bank of Baltimore, Sept. 5 1819, 25 bills—A. W. Walworth. Prest. J. Burr Cashier, very badly executed.
$5 Farmers Bank of Maryland, 6 bills, Sept 4. 1819, J. B. Brown, cashier, A. Kellog, Prest. letter H.
$5 Suffolk Bank, Mass. Ebenezer Francis. Pras. N. S. Parker, cashier, Boston, May 8, 1809.
$10 Farmers Bank, of Bucks county, letter A. Sept. 4 & 10, 1819, dated Humeville, Geo. Hamson, cashier, Geo. Hulen Prest.
$2 Bank of New York, letters A. & B. Dec. 1st. 1813, 5 bills, Clarkson, Prest. Wilkes, cashier.
$3 Hartford Bank, Sept. 5, 181 - Lucius Fox, cash. Jan. 1820 H. Burr, cash. Sept. 9, 1819, W. M. Cobb, cash. Read engraver—4 bills— John Caldwell, Prest.
$5 Bank of Newburgh, A. W. Walworth, cash. A. Belknap. Pres't. Sept. 9, 1819. Some of the bills on this Bank were signed J. B. Brown cash. and A. Kellog. President.—12 bills.
The bills on the Phenix Bank of Hartford. and the $2 bills on the Bank of N. York were well executed. The other bills were indifferently done.
The day on which our informant left Utica, another person was taken, supposed to be concerned with the person above named.
Caution to the Public.—There are in circulation, counterfeit two dollar bills of the Hartford Bank, intended to be imitation of bills from a plate engraved by Reed, the ornaments of which on the ends of the bills, &c. are made to resemble die work. The true bill of this plate, signed John Caldwell, President, bear date the 1st of Jan. A. D. 1818. Those signed by Nathaniel Terry, President, the 1st Nov. 1819.
The counterfeits are signed Nathaniel Terry, President, and Horace Burr, Cashier, and bear date the 10th of Oct. 1819. The engraving, except the figure of the ram on the top, is done pretty well; the date number and signature are done very badly.
The public are cautioned against receiving bills on the N. Y. North River Bank, without accurate examination. A gentleman, in N. York, received one, without suspicion, for five dollars, which proved to be a one dollar bill, with the figure encircled by a similar copper-plate design, to that of the genuine five dollar bills, ingeniously pasted over it.
A person by the name of McAlpin is confined in the jail at Ithaca, for passing counterfeit notes; from information obtained from this person, a large amount of counterfeit bills on a number of different banks was found in a barn in the town of Hector; a description of which, taken by our informant at Ithaca, from the bills themselves is subjoined.
$3 Phenix Bank, of Hartford; fifty bills, letter D. Norman Knox, President, Geo. Beach Cashier.
$10 Mechanics Bank of New-York, 151 bills dated 22d Feb. 1819. letter C. Lorillard, Pres. Jno. Fleming Cash.
$3 Sussex Bank, Newton, 16 bills, letter D. S. D. Morford, Cash. Daniel Stuart, Pres.
$1 Bank of New-York, August 1st, 1818; 23 bills very poor paper, Mathew Clarkson, President, Charles Wilkes Cash.
$5 of Landholders Bank, R. Island, Thos. R. Wells, Cash. John B. Dorkvoy, Pres't. letter A. 5 bills. Nov. 19, 1818.
$5 of the Bank of New-York, letter D. 96 bills, 1st Jan. 1820,
$10 State Bank of New-Brunswick, letter B. Various dates, 9 bills, John Bray. Cash. various names for Pres't.
$2 Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Albany, Feb. 2. 1819. B. Knower, Pres't, T. W. Olcot, Cash. 2 bills.
3 Central Bank of Cherry Valley, letter F. Jan. 8, 1819. A. M. Schermerhorn, Cash. A. White, Pres. 28 bills.
$3 Marine Bank of Baltimore, Sept. 5 1819, 25 bills—A. W. Walworth. Prest. J. Burr Cashier, very badly executed.
$5 Farmers Bank of Maryland, 6 bills, Sept 4. 1819, J. B. Brown, cashier, A. Kellog, Prest. letter H.
$5 Suffolk Bank, Mass. Ebenezer Francis. Pras. N. S. Parker, cashier, Boston, May 8, 1809.
$10 Farmers Bank, of Bucks county, letter A. Sept. 4 & 10, 1819, dated Humeville, Geo. Hamson, cashier, Geo. Hulen Prest.
$2 Bank of New York, letters A. & B. Dec. 1st. 1813, 5 bills, Clarkson, Prest. Wilkes, cashier.
$3 Hartford Bank, Sept. 5, 181 - Lucius Fox, cash. Jan. 1820 H. Burr, cash. Sept. 9, 1819, W. M. Cobb, cash. Read engraver—4 bills— John Caldwell, Prest.
$5 Bank of Newburgh, A. W. Walworth, cash. A. Belknap. Pres't. Sept. 9, 1819. Some of the bills on this Bank were signed J. B. Brown cash. and A. Kellog. President.—12 bills.
The bills on the Phenix Bank of Hartford. and the $2 bills on the Bank of N. York were well executed. The other bills were indifferently done.
The day on which our informant left Utica, another person was taken, supposed to be concerned with the person above named.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Counterfeit Bills
Hartford Bank
Ithaca Jail
Mcalpin
Hector Barn
Utica Arrest
What entities or persons were involved?
Mcalpin
Nathaniel Terry
Horace Burr
John Caldwell
Where did it happen?
Ithaca
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Ithaca
Key Persons
Mcalpin
Nathaniel Terry
Horace Burr
John Caldwell
Outcome
mcalpin confined in jail at ithaca; large amount of counterfeit bills found in barn in hector; another person taken in utica.
Event Details
Public cautioned about counterfeit $2 bills of Hartford Bank signed by Nathaniel Terry and Horace Burr, dated Oct. 10, 1819. Also, altered bills on N.Y. North River Bank. McAlpin jailed for passing counterfeits; cache of bills from various banks discovered in Hector barn based on his information. Detailed list of counterfeits provided.