The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11
fauI Betty Jumel,
IL Daughter Of
. Sailor.
s rUEND OF NAPOLEON.
- IJIwIHInsiy the Bride Of Aaron
- 8 Ilbtosic Mansion Owned
y - city Of New York.

80 whether its fate will be that
= eearfy All the old-time architect
s .@Iof OF Manhattan remains to be
a q nne OF the very few vestiges
zL1-sss Nav York that have escaped
51rN u the vapdais.
{rso Old house has. like naughty
vithstood the relentless march
~. 1ugialistic and contemptuous GEN.
~ Harlem fat has pursued IL
.s3 lhr,,at its impudent visage over
fv box hedge. Its sole barricade
22r a inauisifive world. 1t domi-
~e iandscape. and like dethroned
rusr mob OF scrambllng, just
.[116cna lifts Its noble head. caring
~ ~ the tumult and confusion be-
M 1 6stening only to the mournful
& u the leaves OF memory. The
~ and sordidness OF the big town
~ ~ fsr spared the fine old place.
- for the best
;5 3nues." wrote Longfellow, where
- $50 lived and died. are haunted"
& &1cugh no building on the Island
kaltan glides a greater throng of
11H rkantoms than through the cor
~ rooms OF the Jumel mansion.
non and his first sweetheart, the
2 unSy Phillips. must often walk
- nlrtts. Alexander Hamilton, Put
Ersoe bonapsrte and Aaron Burr
11 dnrs sometimes revisit the slimpses
~ ueon, while through every great
ieoewny and up every vast wind
- fascinating Betty Jumel must at
&1 tail again her mocades and
~ tunsll That mysterious riddle.
~ npvjcious hayward beauty. that
ol1ug sphinx. the friend Of Washing
- loAyelie and Napoleon, the unwill-
~ M o. Aaron Burr. the hostess OF
- glendld midnight banquets: at once
~ oane and termagant. spendthrift
q u1uef. carrying her secrets to her
~. M passes In this illustrious train,
xGGn ehs,st that will not down. Every
~ ~ thsn wit Of her pungent MEM
IL tlexu 10 Nh from out the past. like
1Inlh Of spices from the Orient
~ NJ only specters of people drift
3A III old mansion, but shadows,
- : ne4t events~events that changed
tolns hhtory. The mansion was built
- Il vas wedding gift for Mary
~ y PhillIpsburg manor. Yonkers,
- ~ n early love OF George WASH
-, however. married Col. Roger
~ pronipcnt Tory.
- ~ Continental forces confscated
1904 : feeling OF sentiment, no
- mingled with one of policy In
mas mind. as he selected II for
sQpaHern The great tree TO which
- unrni Vas wont to Tie his horse has
~ down, but the stump has been
~ preserved by Mrs Ferdinand p.
- last owner Of the place. and
~ Harte possesses WashIngton's
ImIfMf n ush tet. h..
10 q other details OF his temporary
~ ~ occupation OF the house nv
~ . rtmarkable scene was en-
We Ereat council chamber. Mt
s END OF the vast hall which
eeAh me mansion from the froat
W. room Washington was slow
W and down debating Go one
sn Putnam and Hamilton were
pNsnf suddenly, without the
Warning tho great doors were
@en and sD Indians. in an their
49, paint and bravery Of nodding
h. wa slowly Ia. They horS IN
= 49, wtea,hs ANA garlands ~ tau
49, aAd brought from the aaiolninv
inese they solemnly iaid at
ssons fret saiuting the nalofaes
W = tho Great Father" ana ms
nI sundrvw, One looking ahout AZ
and worries and gilt and ornol,
Aoaefn drawing room fnda Il am
STATURE ap this scene Of nrimi,ive
v and savage devotion
s.s' afuaSa a secret passage running
q. = we upper hall that tho last
49, american forces rushed. With
!. ~ vsea OF the British soldiers In
An "a sAining the balcony. droppei
~ MFs beneath ana safely tslno3
- sass on the retreat to Kinsa-
~. N<aAps the most interesting aaae-
49, he aii house cluster ar,,,na
Betty Jumel Mime netfy boa
sasa sAe married stephen .u,,ot
: Aes fofk's FIRST merchant nr,.,rSs
Betty Rswen whom she ,rn,,as
NNsns The lripYesslgnatl, ,,,, v -
$50 Her father. John EoNen.
= 49,, 49, ami Z may be that from aim
s,hr , ,.' aer love o. adventure aaa a
n IN ns''ssh While stit a slip u a
M ~ use iike ths, ~ sea nymph.
s.,.1.'s' ss'a hi's that made an soris ~
= So. eqsS Bowen. With her sisters.
u ~. hack and forth on racket
-. ssN York 90 Providence ~
s*As nssa iorteld, thls SORT ~ In
IN. I, Y, eentutiYe 20 the scowth ~
~ g9hn Nandervoort - Zee.
ieseendopi OF Algna ile,ty
49, $50 n ntiSailon over ne estA,.
eN the MAYNARD giri b,rv =
Sn. MAJ Reuben Baiiou. an cfYieor
\. uss.saea'al army ANA a friend az
IN, !, ~ ''S'eu--a sou who boris the
n u vesfTn MAshingtan Bowen
~. Nsn's Betty nnwcu ma r,ss
~ W. shc married Strn,s n luo,,I
q - anan who Kept a sanaro. 90.
W. q Soa,h stree, ana r,,,.i ,,.,
Rsss'nFa "N
ass 49,. after he Welded the aa,en-
i -, sV NJ june houEh, tho PIN
<wsa,S ~ ne Albany POST road.
Ansss &sats known sw tho Juvei
M he 81 10 work ;a at # an With
j ks,.,s agsaaltere Tho lnaenigcent
(@-S~ we're calculated ta max me
h 49,. pala ola nuch burghcrs star,
LIZ ~. spseses, Hsngiurs furnthlra
An 10y imported from France. ana
~ Mr.. f0ae IN coach drawn hv
Az ..ssshela affairs were conducted
7rs,sssa AAsrni scale and the tunnels
~, ~ NfailN When thev went "a
-. sa extended stay. msaams's no
NJ, -, SleAied by Tale, rand Ia
M Nr,-N Napoleen. When they rama
3saA =. He'iy. who had once consort.
- ,s,'s as on packet shin and ned
e<sA, a., a,n herbs IN Providence
rAe az s's OF Napoleonic souVe-