American Sinner / Canadian Saint? The Further Adventures of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs, 1799-1840

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Title
American Sinner / Canadian Saint? The Further Adventures of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs, 1799-1840
Abstract
The New Hampshire-born Stephen Burroughs (1765-1840) was considered one of the most notorious criminals in the United States in the early nineteenth century. A renowned counterfeiter of paper money and confidence man, in 1833 he moved to Trois-Rivières where he converted to Roman Catholicism and retired to a life of teaching. He died in Trois-Rivières in 1840.
Publication
Journal of the Early Republic
Volume
No. 27
Pages
203-231
Date
Summer 2007
Language
en
Citation
Little, J. I. “American Sinner / Canadian Saint? The Further Adventures of the Notorious Stephen Burroughs, 1799-1840.” Journal of the Early Republic No. 27 (Summer 2007): 203–231.
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