11-3-21

[Sheltowee]

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Questions-

1. During the war who owned and ran the company situated at 403 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia?
2. What was his most profitable item, both wholesale and retail?
3. What was reaction of the Confederate Congress?

Answers-
1. Samuel C Upham
2. Illegitimate confederate currency (paper notes)
3. Passed a resolution for the death sentence of convicted counterfeiters. Reportedly issued a $10,000 reward for his capture.

Source: Wikipedia

Edit - Players don't have to repeat the question before giving their responses.

hoosier

 

[ami]

Answers:
1. Samuel Curtis Upham
2. Counterfeit Confederate Currency
3.They brought in the death penalty as the punishment for counterfeiting
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/great-historical-counterfeits/
https://digital.librarycompany.org/...=5%2C0%2C3395%2C2402&dimensions=2405%2C3395ho o

Edit - The third part of the question asked what the Confederate Congress did about the problem posed by Upham's printing of counterfeit money, and the correct answer is that they made counterfeiting punishable by death. I've seen sources saying that Jefferson Davis put a bounty of $10,000 on Upham's head, and sources saying that Upham claimed to have had a bounty put on his head, but I haven't seen any sources that said the Confederate Congress put the bounty on his head.

I'm accepting answers that mention the bounty as long as they also mention the death penalty, but answers that only mentioned the bounty did not receive credit.

hoosier