Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-10
THE vEsPUCCI FAMILY.


Messrs. Paine & Burgess, OF 81 John street, n. York.
have favored u.s. through Messrs. Nash & Woodhouse OF
,his city, with volume Of "TnE ARTIST MERCHANT AND
STATESMAN" edited by late Consul Genoa &. Ed
wards Lester ESQ., who is also author Of the GLORY and
Shame OF England" and other works OF considerable
The work before (and We must Try 10 get the
other ounber) pubshed series Of etters-inter-
aslinR oaes ioo-wTen by the author while abroad. la
one Of these letters. hnd rapid history OF per.
aonage who figated before the American people,
five years since aud Dbout whom some Of our
teaders may like TO hear again.
We have tetefore, taken the liberty Of copying por
lion 81 Mr. testers leuer regard ErJEyA NEsFUco,
sslio esiEeJ, while IN tAs country ponOnng Congress,
10 be the only living defendant Of AHEEIcUs YE-FucUs.
AJ Lester writing Florence, Feby lsij. addressing
come friend, ssys-When see you again. shall have
ong story cell you the descendants Of Ameeus Yes
pueius. will give you part Of 1t now.
IL had always been . mailer Of wonder to me, that Of
MI the Americans who had vsisd Florence, and written
about s great men, no should have said any thing
niout the Di-cOverets descendants Indeed entirely
aS. we been cut off from all information the subject,
nust confess with the greatest astonshmen heard
ot day that there one son and several daughters,
tneal desceBdrnn Of Nepucius, now living ut Florence,
IN poverty unnonced and unknown.
was making inquiries at a reunion Of literary
men lew evenings ago. about the Yespueci family and
gentleman Who knows them we'll promised 70 Introduce
60 them the following day"
The neIt day this gentleman called round Of the ap
pointed hour and walked TO the house together is q
not strange sadhe left the hotel. that the d, soend
ants Of the man WIN discovered your Continent aud who
lived in the palaces Of Princes and King. should now be
obliged 10 become servants to get their dnly brcadl
The sisters with the exception Of Elena who Z. Living
IN America are dependent their dairy cafug Tor ,ir
daily bread and the fOher we'll educiod noble young
tilo,v II EMPLOYED by the Grand Dukes government n
the Office Of Gnanees on a salary Of So year! They
hove all come oseihfr ihs morning, ~ tie different
scenes ~ their uccup1uons 20 meei the first American who
has ever sought their acquaintance. Whni strange meet
tngt A traveller from she distant conunen, Fespucius
discOyeoo coming. more Than three centuries al'er hs
DEATH hs birthplace. % search out his dcseendans
sbo src living helpless. and Dependent The very spot
where ueir ancestor cOmpanIJ Of Princes, aud
byed sa be Paiernal estate.
We taiked on aud We walked On. tt we reached the
aaso Whsfc the family bod assembled. IL the house
~ friend pethaps Of conneS'n Of the lamiy. Here
we fonnd hsm gathered. two si.ors and brother The
ysuug CaVsle0 Amengo y,spucc. with hls youthful wilc
T~o sisters sb.enonc beloved Who . teaching hei
owa bssuufcl torgus IN P,ry. independent while her
as-anothef IN America. where, by her ds'oute
e .nd barcfsced deoepUons shs ha. blasted the prospects
Of her family perhaps ior ever. have sometimes known
rs ssury q feeling the grs.p OF band shfvelied
win hanger % entered Ihe damp cellar of vorn.out.
sas a.ide Raeii-h operative 10 leave mite, and sT1ak
VIVID q eoasosuoa bot have been where NY pre-
ssass SEEMED o mach srstisde.
nd the evening before expressed nope, hs IN spits
81 DO bid FRAUD prsetsed upon government ~ on On
,yofhy descendant 81 Dsooyerer, act " fers1n
~ her ianoc .at SISTERS might YET h. passed ny Con
sscs. snd they oil su End homo lo5 iLcm-Iyes, aud The
shres n the New World The words hsd beea bo5fe "a
uca .pd they ibs hr,t eeam VI hope thai h'd sbo
se,,.. ti,,i psth ff many yesrs Now when entered