Baltimore Youth Cons U.S.
Senate
U.S.
SENATOR JUSTIN MORRILL
of Vermont
So who, in 1890, did singlehandedly swindle
Vermont's Justin Morrill,
along
with Vice President Levi Morton
and 34 other U.S. Senators?
Hi! I am
Ed Black, the "Fraud Historian",
and you will discover the surprising answer
in the
true story of young William Duvall,
a then up and coming
con man from Baltimore,
who did
use pen, paper and his imaginary family,
to initiate his own form of wealth distribution
from
Washington's ruling class.
His fascinating story is retold in the chapter
entitled
"The
U.S. Senate And Its Baby" of my new book
BEFORE MADOFF
The Forgotten Frauds Of American History
Volume
I.
In addition to the
escapades of young Mr. Duvall,
BEFORE MADOFF, will also introduce you to:
ROBERT TEMPLE
The respected
Vermont judge and banker,
who in 1834
was found to have stolen the pensions of surviving veterans of
the American Revolution.
JOHN LAW,
killer, gambler
and rake,
the Scotsman who was appointed Controller General of France,
then
bankrupted his adopted country in 1720 with his infamous “Mississippi Company” scheme
SIR ALEXANDER CUMING,
an aristocrat
and crazed mathematical genius,
who in 1730, using John Law as his inspiration,
first
charmed and then defrauded
the good citizens of colonial Charles
Town, South Carolina
CALEB
J. McNULTY
The dynamic rising political star from Ohio,
supporter of Andrew Jackson
but who in 1845
was charged
as an embezzler of the U.S. House of Representatives
SILAS DEANE
sent to France in 1776 as America's
first diplomat;
who secretly obtained from King Louis XVI the war supplies
so desperately
needed by George Washington’s beleaguered army,
only to be recalled back to America
as an accused embezzler of the Continental Congress
BEAUMARCHAIS
Celebrated
"Figaro" playwright;
bon vivant at the court of King Louis XVI;
secret spy for French kings;
known scoundrel
BUT
fervent
supporter of the American Revolution,
who working in partnership with Silas
Dean
provided the ships that secretly carried French war supplies
to the America rebels
and yet
he went to his grave an accused embezzler
of
the American cause he served so well
Available in paperback,
you will find that
BEFORE MADOFF
The Forgotten Frauds of American
History
Volume I
is an enjoyable mix
of true fraud stories and fascinating anecdotes
from American history.
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