Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-06-21

To her infant daughter the Latin Nun.
gave the new name of "Chesnntiana' 1t
was appropriate. Through the Brtou.
Burr stipulated with the convent to pay all
bills for the support of mother and child as
long as either or both should remain with
the Nuns.
When our Maine Knox commanded the
American forces ON Long Island, N. Y.
Burr was present as an aid to the famous
Gen. Futn III of Wolf m,moy. That Is
land abounded in waste land and choice
hunting grounds, such as, he knew, would
please his Indian huntrcss very greatly !;
aud in August l776 he directed his British
friend i'll Quebec to send her, under safe
convoy. to nim then ON Long Island, lcav-
ng the little one in care of the kind Sisters
of Charity for future disposal. Under the
care of a trusty friend. she perfoi med the
journey via Montreal, Lake Champlan
and the North river to the quarters Of Col.
Burr on Long Island. lhe meeting,
though joyful, was private. Burr's organ Of
secretiyeness was large. 1t was important
that his connection with this remarkable
Francoindian should be kept a profound
secret. In the depths o! the Island he had
IA cabin prepared as her home, whence she
c1uld sauntcr cut on hunting excursions,
where he could also visit her aud see all
her wants supplied. How long she resid-
cd here is unk Known, but it must have been
Tor several years since she there had sever
al children by Burr, to one of which cer-
tain +. f. now in New York can trace it
ancestry only two generations back. Ira
dition hath 1t, that after Burr's duel with
Alexander Hamilton, in which he was more
eifectuallv killed, than was his great rival.
and he was obi ed to fee to his country,
Jacataqua threw herself into He'll Gate -
that awful maelstrom in Long Island Sound
and was never seen or heard of afterwards
Her children, however, were all provided
for and well educated. The strain of ofllo0d
in them from Jonathan Edwards through
Aaron Burn, was as royal as any thing
could be i'll republican veins. None OF
them were eve n known to have disgraced
their parentage, albeit they all went by
different surnanes. Our Main lady, before
alluded to. never speaks, to this day, of
her .'gramp' Burr-as he used to call him
self amongst his illrgitmates.
Before the war closed, in 1888, the Brit
ish officer at Quebec was seriously wound
ed. which caused his discharge from the
Army, as a pensioncr on half pay. 'Ches,
nutiana" at that time was seven years old.
an exceedingly interesting child, much be-
loved b. the Nuns who took every care of
her person and education. The officer al
luded to, who, by al arrangement with
the father, had the general charge Of her,
being about to return to England, solicit,
e1 Col. Burr to allow him to adopt her as
his child, take her with him to his home in
Scotland, promising to educate i.>. 10. me
first circles in his native land Co"sonf
was cheeIfully given to this honorable
proposition, and forthwith the foster faith
er and his newly acquired heir sailed from
Quebec to Aberdeen in Scotland. How
nlany other children this man had does
not appear, nor do the blographers of Burr
give his name--a circumstance we can hut
regret. 1t is certain, however, that he low
ed Chesnutiana most tendcrly', and gave
her an education that fitted her as a poet
es,s some of whose productions are Yet cx-
tant. At an early age, she WAS married to
II man. who lost his fortune and had to de-
pend upon one halfof an annuity settled up
un his wife, either By her natural or her
foster father. of six hundred pounds ster-
ling, for his support. Ultimately, as will
be seen bv aud by, he removed to Ameri-
ca and settled in New York. where he and
his wife received the kindest attention
from Col. Burr, till he (the Scotch husband)
died. Every body knows that after Aaron
u the Vice Presidency of the U. S. he
conspircd with Dlanncrliasset, Wilkinson
aud others to secedc from the Union and
inrn Southern Empire in Louisiana and
Mexico, and place himself at the heal OF il.
For this conspiracy he was tried in Rich
mond. by the Supreme Court. Chi-f Justice
Marshall presiding. Every body also knows
that, before this. viz. on the | til OF July
1904. whilst yet Vice President, he shot
Washingtons Secretary of the Treasury,
the great Hamilton in duel at Hnboken.
These two facts ruined Burr. The coun
try became indignant, and his life was safe
nowhere. He had. too, become very poor.
and in ls03 he was obliged to leave Amer
lea and seek for shelter III Europe. He
first went to France and received the pro
lection of Talevrand. In England, Par
Lament passed voteofeypulsion Thence
he went to Germany and elsewhere. and fl
nally entered Seataul, and there, as Il
L
it, he accidentally fell in with the Briti.h
officer whose friendship he had formed IN
Quebec thrty-siy years before, who receiv-
ed him with open arms, treated hun with
the g,catest kindness and furnished HIM
with the means of further travel.
Whether Chesnutiana and her husband
had emigratcd TO the U. S. before Burr's
visit to her foster tatheri i'll Scotland, we
concur to show that he found her there III u
humble condition. and that it was by his
advice aud counsel that she and her family
were induced to remove to and settle III
the city of New York. In 1872 Burr re-
turned to the United States and resumed
the practice of Law with great success IN
that commercial metropolis. Meanwhile
a great and friendly intimacy existed be
tween himself and the above named fami
". but for reasons. best known to the par
ties that intimacy was never publiclv OBJ
served. The season may appear in the
sequel.
In 1891. Burr was struck with para
lysis which quite prevented locomotion.-
His home was in his office. where he was
poor, destitute, neglected and despised.-
One day a coach drove up TO his office door,
and lady, hale and active. past middle
life. entered his room. | he interview was
private. but they recognized each other
with an affectionate embrace. She had
come. she said, to take him to her home,
which was in the old Gov. JAY house. near
the Bowling Green. She was widow.
and kept a gentecl boarding house in which
she offered to furnish Col. Burr with a