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Letter to Editor
September 14, 1791
Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
A letter to Mr. Fenno refutes extracts from the North-Carolina Gazette accusing North-Carolina youth of widespread counterfeiting of handwriting, deeming the charge absurd and likely from a disappointed speculator.
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MR. FENNO,
THE general reflections contained in the extracts from the North-Carolina Gazette, published in your last paper, like all other indiscriminate charges on collective bodies, or aggregate descriptions of persons, cannot be founded in truth. That a practice so hostile to the commercial or moral character of the people as that of attempts at counterfeiting the hand writing of others, should be almost universally prevalent among the youth of North-Carolina, is a monstrous and absurd supposition, and carries a refutation on its very surface.
I doubt not this malignant charge will be properly noticed—and should not be at all surprised to find that it originated with some disappointed speculator, who has suffered by purchasing counterfeit paper.
A. B.
THE general reflections contained in the extracts from the North-Carolina Gazette, published in your last paper, like all other indiscriminate charges on collective bodies, or aggregate descriptions of persons, cannot be founded in truth. That a practice so hostile to the commercial or moral character of the people as that of attempts at counterfeiting the hand writing of others, should be almost universally prevalent among the youth of North-Carolina, is a monstrous and absurd supposition, and carries a refutation on its very surface.
I doubt not this malignant charge will be properly noticed—and should not be at all surprised to find that it originated with some disappointed speculator, who has suffered by purchasing counterfeit paper.
A. B.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Commerce Trade
Morality
Crime Punishment
What keywords are associated?
Counterfeiting
North Carolina
Youth
Moral Character
Commercial Character
Gazette Extracts
What entities or persons were involved?
A. B.
Mr. Fenno
Letter to Editor Details
Author
A. B.
Recipient
Mr. Fenno
Main Argument
the extracts from the north-carolina gazette falsely charge north-carolina youth with prevalent counterfeiting of handwriting, which is an absurd and unfounded accusation likely stemming from a disappointed speculator.
Notable Details
Indiscriminate Charges On Collective Bodies
Hostile To Commercial Or Moral Character
Malignant Charge
Disappointed Speculator Purchasing Counterfeit Paper