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Great frauds in history… Old Patch’s forged bills

Charles Price was born in Monmouth Street in London around 1730. In later life he was apprenticed to a clothes-maker before being dismissed for theft and fleeing to Holland, where he worked for a merchant. He became engaged to his

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