man up the stairs, who called to him that there was a printing press; that having called up some more men to take charge of Isaac Youngs, he (the deponent) proceeded up the said stairs into a very concealed garret, with one small window, and there found a rolling-press; that the first paper he picked up was a paper which he now produced, appearing to be a copperplated imperfect copy of a Bill of Connecticut money, of forty Shillings; that he found no white man in the house, or any apartment of it, but Isaac Youngs; that he sent one man and a guide at some miles distance to search for Dawkins, and also sent to search for Henderson, but without success; that in a basin of water near the press were a number of papers cut to the size of the bill he found under the press, or thereabout; that he then had the press, with every utensil thereof, taken down, and brought down stairs; that he found in a chest in that house, which the wife of Israel Youngs said belonged to Henry Dawkins, a great number of Engraver’s tools, and a number of plates, all which, with the said chest, he has brought with him; that on searching in Israel Youngs’s apartment, in a drawer of a chest of drawers, he found a copperplate completely engraved for the impressing of two Dollar bills, and on the plate a bill appearing to be a two Dollar bill of Continental money, which plate and bill he now produces, and the bill is numbered 45,234, signed with the names of A. Morris, Jun., and Fred. Kuhl, and dated February 17, 1776; that out of a desk he took a parcel of strips of paper, now produced, which Israel Youngs’s wife said she believed was cut off bills of Continental money; that in Israel Youngs’s apartment, in a large chest, or something of that kind, large and deep, he found four bills, appearing to be Bills of Credit of Massachusetts-Bay Colony, each of the denomination of forty-two Shillings, of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, dated December 7, 1775, completely plated, but not signed or numbered; that in Israel Youngs’s apartment he found a parcel of paper, on some part of which he observed a number of names, written in different hands, which he has brought with him, and that four vials of different kinds of ink were found in that part of the house where the rolling press was, which ink he has left in the hands of an inhabitant of Huntington; that the ink for the plates is in Dawkins’s chest; that in Isaac Youngs’s apartment one of his men took a bill, appearing to be a Continental Dollar bill, off a shelf, which he now produces; that before he left Youngs’s, he was informed that Isaac Ketcham was taken; that he ordered him to be brought to Youngs’s; that he put the press and chests, and other matters he had seized, on a wagon, and proceeded with them, and the prisoners he had taken, to Williams’s Tavern, where Mr. Weeks, and some of the Committee, who were sent for, came and attended; that from thence they despatched two parties, who found and took John Henderson and Henry Dawkins, and brought them there; that after he had talked some time with Dawkins, he told the deponent the whole truth should come out, and having got pen, ink, and paper, he wrote and signed, of his own accord, a declaration, which he delivered to the deponent, and is now produced, and is in the words following, to wit:

“The back of the Connecticut forty Shillings bill, and front of ditto, have had some impressions taken off; one back and front of the forty-two Shillings Massachusetts, none but one proof taken off to my knowledge; one back and front of the thirty Dollar bill never proved to my knowledge; one front of the two Dollar bill just begun, which was on the plate, taken off with blue letters, the borders partly done, the inside letters not touched, and will wipe off if put to the fire.

“HENRY DAWKINS.

That the deponent did not speak to the said Henry Dawkins while he was writing the said confession or memorandum, but the said Henry Dawkins wrote and subscribed the same in the presence of Henry Brasher, his Lieutenant, and the deponent; that the said Henry Dawkins also delivered to him (the deponent) a small paper containing the names of Israel Youngs, Isaac Youngs, Towns-hend Hulet, and Isaac Ketcham, and told the deponent they were concerned in this business; that said Dawkins told him that Israel Youngs was principally concerned, and had frequently applied to him on the subject of making and counterfeiting Paper money, or Bills of Credit; and when he was in Jail at New- York formerly, had offered to take him out and procure his discharge, if he would come up to his house and engage in that business; that Henry Dawkins informed him that ——— Woolhaupter had made the rolling-press, and that Israel Youngs brought it up to his house, secreted and put up in a box; that he (the said Dawkins) had recommended Woolhaupter to Israel Youngs as a proper person to make such press, and that Israel Youngs procured the press for the purpose of making money. That the deponent found in the possession of Isaac Ketcham a sum of money, consisting of gold, silver, and paper money, of different denominations, which he now produces, amounting, according to the deponent’s computation, to the sum of £30 14s., New-York money; that Isaac Ketchum told the deponent that he was employed in this business to get paper; that he had not been concerned in making the money, but that he was taken into the business to provide them with paper, and that he had been out on that business, but that he could inform the Congress of something that was very important to them; that a blank copperplate, now produced by the deponent, he received of Henry Brasher, his Lieutenant, who informed the deponent that he took it off a desk in Israel Youngs’s house.

JEREMIAH WOOL.

Sworn this 14th day of May, 1776, before me:

ABRAHAM BRASHER, Alderman.

City of NEW-YORK, ss:

Isaac Ketchum, of Huntington, Suffolk County, Nassau-Island, being examined, saith: That Henry Dawkins has been at Cold-Spring, and the neighbourhood thereof, for about two months; that he was there some time before this examinant knew his (Dawkins’s) name; that he (the ex-aminant) was informed by Isaac Youngs that Rivington, the Printer, and the said Youngs, had had some discourse about counterfeiting the Continental money; that the Youngs hinted to this examinant that Dawkins and he had agreed to counterfeit the Paper currency, for he supposed it would be done by the Tories, and they might as well do it as others; that Israel Youngs asked this examinant if he would try to get some paper for that purpose at Philadelphia, where he (the examinant) was then going, and had talked of going for some time; that this examinant asked Youngs whether he thought they were able to make paper money; that Youngs answered they had a press making in New-York, which was not yet finished; that the examinant then asked how he applied for the press; he answered that Dawkins had written a letter to a man in New-York, in the name of one Cox, with directions how he would have it made, to be different from the one he had from him some time before, and more substantial; that this examinant believes Youngs carried the letter; that he had not got the press yet, but was promised to have it soon.

This examinant further saith: That he did not go to Philadelphia till about the 19th of April, and returned in about ten or twelve days; that he went to carry a couple of horses to sell at Philadelphia, and so collect some money which was owing to him there; that he did not purchase or make any inquiry about paper at any Paper-Mill, but that he asked a man if he knew where such paper as the Continental money was made of was to be had; that the man answered he did, but that the maker of it was sworn, and therefore would not make any of it for him. This examinant being asked who the man was of whom he made this inquiry relative to the paper, refused to mention his name, as he believed him to be a worthy, honest Dutchman. The examinant being further asked whether the Dutchman knew the use that was intended to be made of the paper, answered he believed he did—that he smiled; that the examinant told him he did not want it for his own use; upon which the man replied, “I suppose it is for some of your Yankees”. That examinant, on his return home, informed Youngs that he had not been able to procure any paper for him. This examinant being asked whether he has seen any of the bills, answered that he had not, excepting one Connecticut bill, and that only the back of it, struck upon common paper.

This examinant further saith: That one Levi Lott, at Brunswick-Landing, had been employed by Youngs for the purpose of procuring paper, before this examinant was employed; that he was directed by Youngs to call on the said Lott, and inquire whether he had procured any paper;

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