Francis A. Mallison
Deceased Person
1832 – 1877
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Who was Francis A. Mallison?
Francis Avery Mallison was an American journalist, editor and public servant. A longtime reporter for the Brooklyn Eagle, known under his pen name Francis O'Pake, he and then city editor Joseph Howard, Jr. were responsible for publishing a forged document to manipulate the price of gold on the New York Stock Exchange resulting in the "Great Civil War Gold Hoax".
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- Born
- Mar 13, 1832
Rome - Religion
- Methodism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- Died
- Jun 22, 1877
Brooklyn
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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