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Domestic News
May 23, 1777
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
In Williamsburg on May 23, an individual was executed for attempting to pass counterfeit Congress notes, enticed by an advertisement in Hugh Gaine's gazette promising undetectable fakes.
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WILLIAMSBURG, May 23.
Executed in attempting to pass counterfeit paper currency, having been tempted to follow the desperate employment by the terms offered in the following advertisement, taken from Hugh Gaine's gazette of the 14th ult. viz."
Persons going into the other colonies may be supplied with any number of counterfeited Congress's notes for the price of the paper per ream. They are so neatly and exactly executed, that there is no risk in getting them off, it being almost impossible to discover that they are not genuine. This has been proved by bills to a very large amount, which have been successfully circulated. Inquire for Q. E. D. at the coffeehouse, from 11 P. M. to 4 A. M. during the present month."
Executed in attempting to pass counterfeit paper currency, having been tempted to follow the desperate employment by the terms offered in the following advertisement, taken from Hugh Gaine's gazette of the 14th ult. viz."
Persons going into the other colonies may be supplied with any number of counterfeited Congress's notes for the price of the paper per ream. They are so neatly and exactly executed, that there is no risk in getting them off, it being almost impossible to discover that they are not genuine. This has been proved by bills to a very large amount, which have been successfully circulated. Inquire for Q. E. D. at the coffeehouse, from 11 P. M. to 4 A. M. during the present month."
What sub-type of article is it?
Execution
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Counterfeit Currency
Execution
Congress Notes
Advertisement
What entities or persons were involved?
Q. E. D.
Where did it happen?
Williamsburg
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Williamsburg
Event Date
May 23
Key Persons
Q. E. D.
Outcome
executed
Event Details
Executed in attempting to pass counterfeit paper currency, having been tempted by an advertisement in Hugh Gaine's gazette of the 14th ult. offering counterfeited Congress's notes.