Title: | American counterfeits; how detected, and how avoided. Comprising sketches of noted counterfeiters, and their allies; of secret agents and detectives; authentic accounts of the capture of forgers, defaulters and swindlers; with rules for deciding good and counterfeit notes, or United States currency; a list of terms and phrases in use among the fraternity of offenders, etc. |
Author: | Burnham, Geo. P. (George Pickering), 1814-1902 |
Note: | W.J. Holland, 1875 |
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Subject: | Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- United States |
Subject: | Criminals -- United States |
Subject: | English language -- Slang |
Subject: | Secret service -- United States |
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