John Fenton Kistell: The Information of John Fenton Kistell of the parish of St Margarets Westminster Coffeeman 5 January 1699

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: MINT 15/17/246, National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK

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The Information of John Fenton Kistell of the parish of S^t. Margarets Westminster Coffeeman 5 January 1699

Who saith that within these 10 dayes last past he hath bought severall counterfeit half Crownes and shillings at an under rate of one Sam^ll Tibbs who was latly tryed for counterfeiting of the current Coyn of this Realm and the said Tibbs told this Informant that the said counterfeit money were made by a man and his wife who were his particular friends and had entrusted him to put of the same and the said Tibbs hath promissed to let this Informant have more counterfeit money from time to time as he hath occasion for it to put it of and this Informant doth vehemently suspect that Thomas Higgs Cecilia Labree alias Jackson and a woman who has a flatt nose and was not long ago under sentence of death in Newgate did make the counterfeit money aforesaid

John Fenton Kistell

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^[2] Iurat die et anno preedict coram Isaac Newton

Professor Rob Iliffe
Director, AHRC Newton Papers Project

Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow & Perne librarian, Peterhouse, Cambridge

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