296
Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 May 1864
(ed; 3 inches)
~ See original
p.3, col.2
~ View at ChronAm
296 - L. May 21; ed: 3/2 - The first forger of Bank-of-England notes was
Richard William Waughn, a Stafford linen draper. In 1678 he counter-
feited with the aid of a young lady. "There is no calculating how much
longer bank notes might have been free from imitation had this man not
shown with what ease they might be counterfeited." (3)
Index terms:
Bank of England; Stafford, England; Vaughn, Richard William (Stafford, England)