Cosey, Joseph, 1887-1950
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Joseph Cosey, born Martin Coneely, was active as a forger between 1929 and into the 1940s. He forged documents of famous American historical and literary figures like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allen Poe, often using old paper and period writing instruments to make the documents look authentic.
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Cosey, Joseph, b. 1887. Forgery of an Abraham Lincoln autograph letter, signed, [193?].
Dartmouth College Library
Cosey, Joseph, b. 1887,. The Raven: forged ms., [1935?] / by Edgar A. Poe.
Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Forged pay voucher, 1787 Sept. 5.
Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
Cosey, Joseph, b. 1887,. The fall of the house of Usher : forged ms., [193-?] / by Edgar A. Poe.
Rosenbach Museum & Library
Cosey, Joseph, b. 1887. Forgery of an Edgar Allan Poe letter to Nathaniel Parker Willis [manuscript] 1806-1867.
University of Virginia. Library
Cosey, Joseph, b. 1887. Forgeries collection, ca. 1850-ca. 1950.
Cornell University Library
Washington forgeries, facsimiles, and bookplates collection
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George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
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Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867,
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Subjects:
- Forgery of manuscripts
- Forgery of manuscripts
- Forgery of manuscripts
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Variant Names
Coneely, Martin, 1887-
Cosey, Joseph, 1887-
Cosey, Joseph
Cosey, Joseph, b. 1887
