The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-10
Aaron Burr-His whereabouts after
the Dnea With HanfItor,. 'ss.'& &ia'

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The Hartford Courant publishes the fol-
lowing interesting extracts from the advance.
sneets OF an account Of the life ef. james
williams, the old negro ,janitor4 of Yrinity
College:
Professor Jim was the slave OF Colonel
HOBART retired Revolutionary officer living
fu fonkers. N. I. Aaron Burr was a fre.
quent visitor ut Colonel Robartts house, and
room was always ready, for him, as he.
might stop at any time OH his way from,
Albany to New York and back again The
establishment Of Burr seems TO have made a
strong impression on Professor Jim's mind,
and nc describes with admifing tones the
enormous carriage drawn BY six horses, and
the retfnue OF ont-riders and footmen which
accompanied him. Burr himself Jim: de-
scrioes as short, rough, aud ugly, man ~ bo
swore and cursed constantly, but who In
ladies' society was very polite and cxn,Iisite..
AT the time OF the duel between Burr and
Hamilton, Jim was at work in the fields at
maii-tlme. and his mother was sent on horse
back for The batch of papers which was due.
She gave the letters on her return, to her
master, and he had scarcely read The first one
he had opened when, all hurry and excite
meut, he shouted, Get a room ready u,,ick,
for that little devil is coming!' When after.
wards he learned that Hamilton had been
killed in tie duel the excitement only in
creased. tft 'r'> ..i%'a-' ?!
GA moments depression here to the state
ments of history will be serviceabe in asccr-
tanning how far Professor Jim remembers
| the circumstances Of this OCCASION.
"On Wednesday morning the 18th of
July, 1904, Burr and Hamilton met on the
heights Of Weehawken, and the duel was
fought. On Thursday the 18th General
Hamilton died, and OH Saturday the 14th he
was inferred with military honors. { .a1
"Burr writes to Joseph Alliston, Esq,
| from New York, July 13: General Hamilton
died yesterday. propose. leaving town for
la few days, and mediate also a journey for
some weeks, but whittier is not resolved
perhaps to Statesburgh. You will hear from
me i'm about eight days. The next letter
with any date is from Philadelphia, July 20
| "Parton, in his life of Aaron Burr, SAYS
that immediately after the duel Burr went to
his home in New York (Richmond Hill), and
for eleven days stayed at or near this place,
| writing under cover of friends in Philadel!
phia to his daughter aud to his son-in-law. :.
"Jim's statement, as will be seen, becomes
an important one In the history Of Burr's
life, inasmuch as the missing link in the
broken chain of circumstances connected
with the history from just before the due
! till some months after is here supplied. The
Interest attached to the events in the life OF
cur aged janitor increases when we lind our
selves able to verify his statements With the
accepted statements Of historians. s-5+a@
"Now, Jim says Burr went first to bis
own home, in New York, near the old State
prison, on west Broadway. The next day
between and 4 in the afternoon, as we
were putting up Il new yard.fence, there
appeared great cloud Of dust away down
the road. Some one said that it was some.
body riding, for the day was so quiet that il
could not be the wind. BY and by man
came up and gave a note to master, that said
he was coming. Pretty soon he came uI
himself in bis four.horse coach. His head
was bowed down, aud he didn't say word
But, then, his head was always bowed;down
He caught right hold of my masters hand
aud they went into the house. and we didn't
see him again till the next evening. The day
that Hamilton was buried was a bad day for
him, and hc didn't tat any dinner nor so GU;
for his walk along the river, hut he walked
to and fro along the corridor up stairs, with
his hands behind him. We could hear the
funeral guns sounding up from New York
Burr kept bis servant in the room with him
night and day, and lie had 4 case of pistols and
la sword in his room with him.. He stayed
with my master some time. and practiced a
good deal ut tareet-shooting down by the
river-bank. and | myself have seen white
birch tree where he had shot twelve balls
into space no larger than my lland.''