The Florida agriculturist., 1889-03-06
A HOUSE WITH A HISTORY,

ton and Hallcck tn DO Torn Down.
clambered down from the summit of
Washington Heights, ;9d while study
ing tho colonnade OF an aged dwelling
was shocked by beholding garish
poster that announced the sale by ex-
ecutrix of the adjacent Lynch estate.
Had circus bill been Haunted from the
walls of a church there would have
seemed NO whit more sacrilcge. 1t was
here in this old landmark namely, the
manor house of the famed Mime. Jumel.
that Fitz Greene Halleck beheld "At
midnight. In his guarded tent, the Turk
was dreaming Of the hour when Greece,
her knee in suppliance bent, should
tremhle at his power. Here it was that
he composed the immortal poem Marco
Bozzaris." and where the poet realized
that IAN hour passed on-the Turk
awoke: that bright dream was his last;
he awoke-to hear his sentries shrek,
TO arms! they come! the Greek! the
Grcekrs
Not only is this storied old wooden
structure thus immortalized; it's history Is
likewise wrapped within the pages of the
history Of our land. Pity 'tis that Har-
lem river improvements, which make the
ground thereabouts so inestimably valua-
BILE, should be sacrificed to outilitarian de-
mands; yet suchi must be, owing to it's
magniflcence of situation at the termini
of the Sixth avenue IL" road, the Sub
urban Rapid Transit road and the New
York and Northern road. together with
it's advantages by water, owing to facil-
tiles acquired by the erection of most
spacious dockage Within these walls
Nine. Jumel lived-an heiress born at
sea between France and the West Indies
in 1860, and who died in New York July
l6. 1868.
AT II years OF age Eliza-that was her
Christian name-eloped with and mar
ried Col. Peter Croix, a British officer,
and in moving to New York city be-
came. through her extraordinary beauty
and talents, the friend and favorite of
many distinguished men of the age. AT
the death of Col. Croix she married
Stephen Jumel, a French wine mer-
chant. and removing with him to Paris,
became a leader OF fashion under the
patronage Of tho Marquis Gle Lafayette.
Although her husbands wealth was
enormous. in a few years she exhausted
by her extravaganza large portion OF
his fortune.
Returning to this country she devoted
herself to its restoration, and with such
success that she soon regained more than
had been dissipated. Shortly after these
experiences Jumel died and then it was
she linked her name with that of Aaron
Burr. one of the most picturesque char
acters in the annals of American states
manship. She had been acquainted with
him in her youth. Now she sought his
legal advice. At the time he was 7S
years of age, but in 1880 they were mar
ried.
Through Texan speculations Burr lost
a large sum of Nine. Jumers money
which she had placed in his hands few
days after the wedding. and, as result
she filed complaint against him and
the separation ensued, although there
was no divorce.
Recently the Jumel estate has been di.
vided and sold as city lots, but the man.
sion upon it, which / have described
erected by Col. Roder Morris in 1853,
still stands, and although the sale of the
Lynch estate, ct the Real Estate Elk
change. may be the beginning of its
eventual downfall, the memory of its
historic walls will be perpetuated to all
time. Washington has made it fragrant
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