by Ben Tarnoff
stone lithography, 217, 227, 229
Sullivan, Owen, 6, 12–16, 25–37, 38–48, 53–60, 63–65, 69–79, 87, 102, 114, 115, 134, 171, 179, 195, 196, 207, 235, 245, 249, 252
alcoholism of, 35–36, 58–59
aliases of, 64–65
amounts of money forged by, 12, 15
arrest and imprisonment of (1749), 12, 16, 17, 37, 39, 59
arrest and imprisonment of (1752), 39–44
Beecher’s capture of, 69–74
in Boston, 12–14, 37, 45–46
branding punishment of, 43
Cady and, 54
cave hideout of, 48, 71–72
childhood in Ireland, 26–27, 73
counterfeiting empire of, 16, 37, 41–42, 45–50
crew of, 48
criminal career of, 16, 44, 79
in Duchess County, 44, 45–50
early life of, 25–28
emigration to America, 28–31, 73
engraving technique of, 35, 37, 40, 45–46, 195–96
escapes by, 43–44
Franklin compared with, 63–64
Ide and, 55–56
indentured servitude of, 28, 30–32, 34, 73
leaflets about, 25–26, 78–79
marriage of, 35–36, 59
in Merrimack River area, 56–57, 58, 60, 69
metalworking learned by, 35, 37
in military, 34–36, 37
Munroe and, 54–55
New Hampshire currency plate made by, 12–13
Oblong headquarters of, 46–50
leaflets about, 25–26, 78–79
personality of, 28–29, 59, 68, 76–77
posthumous paper trail of, 78
in Providence, 38–46, 69
reputation of, 44–45, 46
reward for capture of, 69
Rogers and, 56–60, 63, 64
Sanford and, 66, 69, 75
Sanford compared with, 68
Stephens’s betrayal of, 39, 41–44, 59, 246
strategy of, 53–54, 64–65
temper of, 59
theatrics of, 44, 45, 46, 68
trial and execution of (1756), 73–79
trial and punishment of (1750), 14, 37
trial and punishment of (1752), 42–44, 45, 46
trust in, 6, 16, 79
voices heard by, 26
Sunday Mercury, 197–98, 203, 205
Supreme Court, 236
surveying, 95–97
Susquehanna River, 152, 155
Swift, Jonathan, 27
Talcahuano, 187–88
taxes, 4, 20, 36, 79, 81, 82–85, 112, 161, 177, 199, 251
Texas, 208
Thompson’s Bank Note Reporter, 195
tobacco, 3, 197
Townshend Acts, 81
toy money, 250
Treasury Department, 112, 131, 169, 199, 200–201, 216, 237, 242–43, 245, 248, 254
bonds and notes issued by, 112, 200–201, 213, 215, 216
Secret Service created by, 2, 245, 246
Treaty of -Aix-la-Chapelle, 61
Union Bank of Maryland, 116
United States Notes, 213, 253–54
Upham, Ann Eliza Bancroft, 182, 185
Upham, Charles Wentworth, 181
Upham, John, 181, 191
Upham, Marion, 182, 185
Upham, Sally, 180
Upham, Samuel, Sr., 180
Upham, Samuel Curtis, 6–7, 175–91, 233–35, 241, 250, 252
amount of counterfeit currency produced by, 232
book published by, 185–86, 234
in California, 180, 185–91, 193, 194, 234, 235
careers and businesses of, 177–79, 180, 182–83, 189–90, 233–34, 235
as chemist, 233
childhood of, 180, 181
counterfeit Confederate currency sold by, 7, 177, 178–79, 203, 204–11, 212, 220–21, 223, 225–28, 230, 232–33, 235, 242
death of, 235
family background of, 180–81
as gold prospector, 180, 182–89
illustrated envelopes printed by, 178
journal of, 183, 185–87, 190
marketing by, 206–7, 209, 210–11, 221, 223, 227, 233
newspaper work of, 190–91, 197–98, 205
personality of, 175, 179–80, 187
physical appearance of, 175
return to Philadelphia, 191, 193, 197
in Sacramento, 190–91
in San Francisco, 189, 190, 234
shops of, 176, 177–79, 233
slavery as viewed by, 199
song written by, 234
Upham, William, 180
Upper Canada, 98, 99
U.S. Army Rangers, 63
U.S. Mint, 103
Van Buren, Martin, 165
Vermont, 100, 182
Montpelier, 180, 181–82
Virginia, 61, 95, 182, 208, 242
Richmond, see Richmond, Va.
Wakeman, Abram, 230
Walker, Jonathan Hoge, 124
Wall Street, 130, 182, 192, 193, 194, 200, 256–57
Walnut Street Jail, 127–29, 131, 136, 148
wampum, 3
War of 1812, 91, 97–100, 107, 109–12, 130, 131, 144, 163, 238
War of the Austrian Succession, 32
King George’s War, 19, 32–37
Washington, D.C.:
British invasion of, 111, 130
Old Capitol Prison in, 243–45
Washington, George, 60–61, 84, 86, 95, 96, 104
commemoration of birthday of, 175–76
Farewell Address of, 175
Weare, Meshech, 58
Weekly Aurora, 141
Wentworth, Benning, 62
West, 163, 164, 167, 169, 238
expansion into, 91, 95, 96, 106, 112, 130, 161, 164, 171, 194
western paper, 116, 117
Westfield, Mass., 101
White House, 111
widows, 139, 141, 142
Wilson, Hill, 91–92, 93, 118–19, 121, 137
Wilton, Conn., 66
Winn, Benjamin, 58
Wisconsin, 170
Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Company, 170
wolves, 47
Wood, William Patrick, 244–49
