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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Colonel John Fenton, Justice of the Peace for Grafton County, apprehended infamous counterfeiter Glazier Wheeler of Cohos on the night of January 21, 1774, for passing counterfeit dollars; accomplice Peter Hobart turned king's evidence, providing clues to Wheeler's plans.
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It's with the greatest Pleasure we can inform the good People of this and the neighbouring Provinces, that through the assiduity of Colonel JOHN FENTON, Justice of the Peace for the County of Grafton, the famous or rather infamous Glazier Wheeler. of Cohos. ( who some Time since escaped from Worcester Goal, in the Massachusetts Bay) was apprehended on the Night of the 21st January last, for passing counterfeit Dollars ; also, one Peter Hobart, an Accomplice, who has turned King's Evidence, and given such a Clew to Wheeler's Plans, as cannot fail of the most salutary Effect.
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County Of Grafton
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On The Night Of The 21st January Last
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wheeler apprehended for passing counterfeit dollars; hobart turned king's evidence and provided clues to wheeler's plans
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Through the efforts of Colonel John Fenton, Glazier Wheeler of Cohos, who had escaped from Worcester Goal in Massachusetts Bay, was apprehended for passing counterfeit Dollars; his accomplice Peter Hobart turned King's Evidence