The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

PORTSMOUTH. February 2.

Last Wednesday two men were taken up in Newbury-Port, (and examined before Nicholas Pike, Esq;) for passing counterfeit dollars. After a thorough examination, they were supposed to be guilty, not only of passing, knowing them to be bad, but also of being concerned in making them. They were accordingly committed to jail, to take their trial at the next superior court. One of the men is known to Mr. Hovey, a baptist preacher; he had upwards of fifty of those dollars then in his possession, and said he received them of one Brown of New Plymouth, in this State, to which place he also belongs. It is very probable more of them may be soon offered to the public, as it is likely several persons are concerned in manufacturing them: but a little care will prevent any person from being imposed upon, they being clumsily made, the metal nothing but pewter, and all of them dated 1770. If more of them should be offered, 'tis to be hoped that those who offer them will be stopped, and carried before a magistrate.