Shuysters and Skinners (1845)--name "Shuyster"?

[Cohen, Gerald Leonard]

FWIW, I never came across the surname "Shuyster." Is this bona fide?

Gerald Cohen

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Original message from Bill Mullins, June 6, 2005:
> The Pittsfield Sun.;  Date: 1858-07-08;   Vol: LVIII;   Iss: 3016;
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> "Jacob Shuyster, alias Tom Ham, a notorious burglar, who some years since stole jewels, &c., from the Patent Office at Washington, was arrested at Bridgeport, Ct., on Monday, by officers from Philadelphia on a charge of making counterfeit coin."
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