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Bequest of Francis Douce
Type: A practical joke played from the grave. Summary: Sixty-six years after his death, a scholar lets his colleagues know how he really felt about them. Francis Douce, portrait by James BarryFrancis Douce (1757-1834) was a wealthy English antiquarian, known for his collection of books, prints, drawings, coins, and artifacts.…
Blue Laws of Connecticut
Type: Fake History. Summary: An eighteenth-Century historian wrote about repressive “blue laws” supposedly once practiced in Connecticut. The term ‘Blue Laws’ describes harsh, puritanical laws that regulate public morality. Such laws supposedly existed in colonial America, making it illegal to do such things as kiss a child or shave on…
Stamp Hoax
Type: Hoax. Summary: Wealthy stamp collector included an unusual stipulation in his will. The following case was reported in The Fort Wayne News, Monday, June 25, 1900. Details have not been verified. The identity of this collector is unknown: The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record tells of a hoax…
Trial of Polly Baker
Type: Literary Hoax. Summary: The story of a woman tried for giving birth to five children out of wedlock provoked widespread popular outrage during the eighteenth century. In 1747 the text of a speech delivered by a woman, Polly Baker, accused by British magistrates in a court in Colonial America…
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Bequest of Francis Douce
Type: A practical joke played from the grave. Summary: Sixty-six years after his death, a scholar lets his colleagues know how he really felt about them. Francis Douce, portrait by James BarryFrancis Douce (1757-1834) was a wealthy English antiquarian, known for his collection of books, prints, drawings, coins, and artifacts.…
Blue Laws of Connecticut
Type: Fake History. Summary: An eighteenth-Century historian wrote about repressive “blue laws” supposedly once practiced in Connecticut. The term ‘Blue Laws’ describes harsh, puritanical laws that regulate public morality. Such laws supposedly existed in colonial America, making it illegal to do such things as kiss a child or shave on…
Stamp Hoax
Type: Hoax. Summary: Wealthy stamp collector included an unusual stipulation in his will. The following case was reported in The Fort Wayne News, Monday, June 25, 1900. Details have not been verified. The identity of this collector is unknown: The Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record tells of a hoax…
Trial of Polly Baker
Type: Literary Hoax. Summary: The story of a woman tried for giving birth to five children out of wedlock provoked widespread popular outrage during the eighteenth century. In 1747 the text of a speech delivered by a woman, Polly Baker, accused by British magistrates in a court in Colonial America…