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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08206 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1785 |
| Title | Indictment of Joseph Harris as a counterfeiter |
| Date | September 1785 |
| Author | Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814) |
| Additional authors | Rowley, Nathan (fl. 1785) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Nathan Rowley. Charging Harris with defrauding and injuring the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in May 1785 by making 800 pieces of counterfeit money in mixed metals. Paine was Attorney General of Massachusetts 1777-1796. |
| Subjects | Law Coins and Currency Counterfeiting |
| People | Paine, Robert Treat (1731-1814) Harris, Joseph (fl. 1785) Rowley, Nathan (fl. 1785) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Law; Banking & Economics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |