What to see in America . captain in 1804. She wasa youthful widow who had eloped at the age of seventeen tomarry her first husband. For a time the Jumels lived inParis where she became a leader of fashion; and she made their New Yorkmansion famous forthe society she gath-ered round her 1832, a year afterMr. Jumels death,she married in thedrawing-room of thishistoric house AaronBurr, then seventy-eight years old; butshe soon tired ofhim, turned himout of doors, anddropped his continued todwell in the oldhouse until she diedin 1865 at the ageof ninety-six. The mansion now belon
What to see in America . captain in 1804. She wasa youthful widow who had eloped at the age of seventeen tomarry her first husband. For a time the Jumels lived inParis where she became a leader of fashion; and she made their New Yorkmansion famous forthe society she gath-ered round her 1832, a year afterMr. Jumels death,she married in thedrawing-room of thishistoric house AaronBurr, then seventy-eight years old; butshe soon tired ofhim, turned himout of doors, anddropped his continued todwell in the oldhouse until she diedin 1865 at the ageof ninety-six. The mansion now belongs to the Daughtersof the American Revolution. Between lS2d and 186th streets, on the highest pointof the island, with the Hudson on one side and the Harlemon the other, formerly stood Fort Washington. The Britishcaptured it after the Battle of Harlem Heights. East of the Harlem River at Fordham, in KingsbridgeRoad, is a cottage that was the home of Edgar Allan Poefrom 1844 to 1849. One of the attractions of this part of. Brooklyn Bridge New York Citv 77
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