Dr. Matthews:

    John Smith Dye was an expert on coinage and counterfeiting. He is
the author of Dye's Coin Encyclopedia: a Complete Illustrated History of
the Coins of the World (Philadelphia, Bradley & Company, 1883. Mr. Dye
died shortly before this work went to press. In a preface to the 1883
edition, his publishers notes that Dye was the "founder and for
thirty odd years the editor and publisher of Dye's Counterfeit
Detector, and for forty years a recognized authority on the paper and
precious metals currencies of the world...." From this, it is apparent
that Dye lived a long and professionally productive life. The
posthumously published work is copyrighted by an Emma C. Dye, who is
probably a family member.

     In 1866 Dye published a work entitled History of the Plots and Crimes
of the Great Conspiracy to Overthrow Liberty in America.
(He gives his address in 1866 as 100 Broadway, NYC,
opposite Trnity Church.) In his preface, Dye writes: "It is the object
of the author to give, in a small compass, a complete history of the
political crimes originating with African Slavery, and perpetrated by
its friends, during the last century, in America." (These crimes
include assassinations.) This work is in the collection of the NYS
Library. For more titles, check the NUC and FirstSearch.

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                                            Melinda Yates
                                            New York State Library
                                            Albany, NY
                                            518-474-5124