Worst Crook in Colonial America

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

The Entertaining Saga of the Worst Crook in Colonial America.
Stephen Burroughs was a thief, a counterfeiter and a convicted criminal.

The Entertaining Saga of the Worst Crook in Colonial America

Stephen Burroughs was a thief, a counterfeiter and a convicted criminal. A rare piece of his fake currency is in the collections

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM|BY ERNEST B. FURGURSON