Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814 [Indictment of Nathaniel Davis, printer, for counterfeiting money]

GLC00277

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GLC#
GLC00277
Type
Documents
Date
26 August 1777
Author/Creator
Paine, Robert T., 1731-1814
Title
[Indictment of Nathaniel Davis, printer, for counterfeiting money]
Place Written
Suffolk, Massachusetts
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 30 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
American Revolution, 1763-1783
Sub-Era
The War for Independence

Signed by Paine as prosecutor for the state of Massachusetts. Countersigned by Daniel Parker as the jury foreman and five witnesses. Specifies the jury's charges against Davis in detail. Dated the "Last Tuesday of August." Names penned by Paine, including that of Benjamin Edes, the printer of the June 18, 1776 Massachusetts issue, the one probably forged.

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