Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-07-11


m Ss,,,,
- ,.s vas ,s"eh with roysi neiong-
utsees, rooes, furniture ana what
-. i1so"' nv i"nser saie IN
~, " eoA'e w snis country,
49,. sa s"e eohsent OF
:. 'Ae nis"s VI herself ana
s0'''e"'s were insue Win ooi.
:. ~, - ~ 'no'i 70 anier,ca' nut
- 49, vas 'eAeo snu oeneaoed
- soi,u escape, sne Vessel was
s1 " irieuis iease port, ana the
$3.50. 'eis On posru' were
49,. = interesting W note
-. a'0i iesen'ns 'his country
,sr ,ha - - ~ :"
$3.50, ss Na"'e' Deus
i'o'i generation 10 genera
sie"i " sun 'h the tainiiy.
swan ana ciough, being associates in
the Paris lumber trade, seem to have
divided up the belongings of the royal
household on the return vovage of tha
Sally. Drake sraaks NJ tho ro,at r.,,o.
xt,rad In o,,o -, e,...,,,.,. u-.,. !. -
a., -. =, - :"
A.i" s"Ae oe'"sen tine
s"."osine, "n'ch LOOK on tine royal heads,
anu swan, VINO took their trunks, there
was little left for the unfortunate French-
men.
Swan returned to Boston. adorned His
house with COSTLY French furp,tnre -,
ss,r,.s Mi ,..,-,.s. ~,
in his possession rich court dresses re-
puted to have been the pronertv ~ N.
queen. Rumor even goes so far as 10 sav
that these dresses were made over ana
worn by some OF the ladies ~ the swan
household.
In looking over a book entitled ..Furni-
ture of the Oldeu Timer nv Fyancas
Clary Morse. came scross this,
I'm l'es tne ship sally, consigned TO Col.
swan, sailed fsom France laden with rich
faEnitare. tapestries, robes. everything gath
cred together In Paris which m vht belong IN
a royaI iaay. The sally cam. IN ygtscas.a,
,,,tss "a -, -. y
:, 'V'N ''Nst tn's
'Nste NA@ prov '" rescue MAis Ahtninette
ane the sally WAS laden for that purpose; and
that a hoase had been built in Maine sea-
port Tor ths queen. whose execution put an
sna n ,ss u,oe ana .ent ,hs s,li,, - -
A,n.,iea ,s,,b hsr rich ca.,,, CO., 81.
,st..,..s,. -. y, 49, -. "o'P
."'i'.a 49, - 70 " ''"e' 'i"fts IN
totnettS WIS spared many weary days OF dis
content and homesickness, for the tempera-
meut Of the unfortunate queen, luxury low
ing, gay and needless, does not ft into the life
Of a little Nalup scanazt one h,rarat $500
-
In the possession of Hon. j. z. Baxter
ia an Inlaid naho1anv sidehoard snr.
,,,,,,,,,,4 .,.,.t -, IT,. IT.
e'se' "" witch rs
traced To the freight furniture OF the
sally. This sidehnard. Mr., Baxter saws.
h,d a bc,,a !, th. er,itIar;o. a,,a -
-.
orought TO TINS country by Games swan,
a son Of Col. Swan.
Younp Swan on arrigins, in this countrv
visited the Knox family and married the
generals daughter. Caroline. SO the side-
hoard found M wnv to Inc Rnox mansion
where il remained until the sale of the
SronertS. a Was bongbt nv a friend ~
the family and later al sale OF furniture
was purchased by Mr. Baxter
Miss Elizabeth Bartnt OF HostOtl whose
MOI h,.r Vas a Idaughter ri chi swan.
- - = - - IN s..t. ,t
~ ~ ~ IS e44a t,l7ees q tn5' W ivy
mayor hA%teF slaeooaFa IS TINS ohiy piece
IN Maine.
Col. swan was in Boston IN loOO, but ior
some eaase ne Went ao 9les again. he
whieh ne refused 20 pay, hoidihg that u
was unjust. hath~f tnhh give IN ne tt-
manned IN the prison OF SAINT pelagie Tor
over twenty-five years. fihalIy IN is5o,
Judgment was obtained Tor MN ana ne
was released, dying snort time after
hrs- swan continued 10 reside on the
estate IN dorchester, when seems IN some
way 70 have become her property COL
swans estate was nopelessly insoiVeht'
LOT but iittie property was touho. o
The islands were mortgaged in lol2 to
Michael u Malley, OF Baltimore, as secu-
rity for payment OF certain debts que or
10 be due " Aaiiey. swan oeins then IN
prison, the mortgage was acknowledged
before the United states consul az farls
anu fscorueu IN lhe iisiiVoeA Souney I'VE
istry. As near as can be learned thus prop
erty was claimed by no one, neither mort
gagor nor mortgage, nntl 1917, the IS
lands having in the meantime been occu-
pied by settlers.
Col. Porter says in Bangor Historical
hagdEtne;
AS to the mortgage OF swan TO o'Mal-
ley / am inclined to the opinion that II was
given 70 2 friend 70 protect the properly from
otnef dsohoIs ~ s.siinah Is an as 'i,,,