When was it published?

August 25, 1862 in New York Daily Tribune

Domestic News August 25, 1862

New York Daily Tribune

Q: What keywords are associated?

Postage Currency, Treasury Notes, Gov Spinner, Pickpocketing, Treasury Department

New York, New York County, New York

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What is this article about?

Gov. Spinner plans to distribute initial postage currency and $1-$2 Treasury Notes to assistant treasurers in New York (tomorrow), Philadelphia (Tuesday), and Boston (Wednesday). Yesterday, $15,000 in currency and $8,000 in notes were issued at the Treasury Department, quickly absorbed by crowds, with one pickpocketing incident of $50.

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THE POSTAGE CURRENCY AND TREASURY NOTES.

Gov. Spinner will try to send a first installment of the postage currency and of the Treasury Notes of the denominations of one and two dollars to the Assistant Treasurer of New-York to-morrow, to Philadelphia on Tuesday, to Boston on Wednesday, for use in their offices.

Yesterday, $15,000 worth of the postage currency, including, however, no five-cent bills, and $8,000 in Treasury Notes, half ones and half twos, were received at the Treasury Department, and immediately absorbed by the crowd, who rushed in as soon as the doors were opened. In the confusion of people struggling to get to the counter, one man had his pocket picked of $50.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Crime

What keywords are associated?

Postage Currency Treasury Notes Gov Spinner Pickpocketing Treasury Department

What entities or persons were involved?

Gov. Spinner

Where did it happen?

Treasury Department

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Treasury Department

Event Date

Yesterday; To Morrow (New York); Tuesday (Philadelphia); Wednesday (Boston)

Key Persons

Gov. Spinner

Outcome

one man had his pocket picked of $50.

Event Details

Gov. Spinner will try to send a first installment of the postage currency and of the Treasury Notes of the denominations of one and two dollars to the Assistant Treasurer of New-York to-morrow, to Philadelphia on Tuesday, to Boston on Wednesday, for use in their offices. Yesterday, $15,000 worth of the postage currency, including no five-cent bills, and $8,000 in Treasury Notes, half ones and half twos, were received at the Treasury Department, and immediately absorbed by the crowd, who rushed in as soon as the doors were opened. In the confusion of people struggling to get to the counter, one man had his pocket picked of $50.