A Full and true account of Benjamin Child, a Quaker; a notorious cheat and impostor [electronic resource] : Shewing, I. How he lodg'd at an eminent Quakers, one Mr. Harman in Abingdon, where he feign'd himself sick, and made his will, leaving Mr. Harman, his wife, and daughter; three hundred pounds each, and one hundred pound between the two servants of the house; ...o his recovery, and marrying Mr. Harman's daughter, with whom he had three hundred pounds portion. II. How he cheated the Queen's receivers general of excise, by forging bills upon good men in London. III. How in the same manner he serv'd all that he dealt with in that country. IV. His coming to London, and buying himself divers sorts of habits, viz. an officer's, a minister's, and a ...ake's of the town; with his keeping company with broken scrivener, and their counterfeiting bills upon several occasions. V. His going to the mint, and there living three quarters of a year without paying any rent; as also ...ow he gave his landlord a forg'd bill upon a goldsmith in the Strand, who went to see if it were good, and was seiz'd till he could produce the person he had ...of. VI. The manner of his being apprehended, and ...rried before Justice Rich, and his being there charg'd by Mr. Warner a goldsmith in Fleetstreet, for counterfeitng his hand in several bills; with his confession, and commitment to the Marshalsea.
1708
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A Full and true account of Benjamin Child, a Quaker; a notorious cheat and impostor [electronic resource] : Shewing, I. How he lodg'd at an eminent Quakers, one Mr. Harman in Abingdon, where he feign'd himself sick, and made his will, leaving Mr. Harman, his wife, and daughter; three hundred pounds each, and one hundred pound between the two servants of the house; ...o his recovery, and marrying Mr. Harman's daughter, with whom he had three hundred pounds portion. II. How he cheated the Queen's receivers general of excise, by forging bills upon good men in London. III. How in the same manner he serv'd all that he dealt with in that country. IV. His coming to London, and buying himself divers sorts of habits, viz. an officer's, a minister's, and a ...ake's of the town; with his keeping company with broken scrivener, and their counterfeiting bills upon several occasions. V. His going to the mint, and there living three quarters of a year without paying any rent; as also ...ow he gave his landlord a forg'd bill upon a goldsmith in the Strand, who went to see if it were good, and was seiz'd till he could produce the person he had ...of. VI. The manner of his being apprehended, and ...rried before Justice Rich, and his being there charg'd by Mr. Warner a goldsmith in Fleetstreet, for counterfeitng his hand in several bills; with his confession, and commitment to the Marshalsea.
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London : Printed for T. Reynolds, near Ludgate, 1708.
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8 p. ; 8.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.
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English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T40303
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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