Show HIS DEAL WITH ASTOR troubles of aaron burr traced in old records under aaron burr and his daughter theodosia hill became the most famous place ot hos pit allty in new york says burton J hendrick talleyrand jerome bona parte and louis philippe were enter talked there john jacob amor how ever was not charmed by its li and political associations or its nat ural beauty but he did see that the city was inching up to richmond hill and that it would soon be needed for building lots richmond hill too was heavily mortgaged the mort gage payable in july 1804 about this time burr became involved in his quarrel with hamilton itis letters to theodosia show tl at the sale of richmond hill was the only possible way of forestalling ruin so as his mortgage became due and just one month before the hamilton duel s tor bought the place for un auest ouest this money facilitated burrs flight perhaps it was used who knows in his wild southwestern schemed burr returned to new york after his miserable wanderings in eu rope but never succeeded in rehab 1 stating himself his old law clients shunned him his former friends ig nored him ehg only faithful ones vere his creditors among these was aaton who acquired piece by piece all that was left of richmond hill between the lines of the moldy real estate records of new york a can trace the wretchedness ot aaron burr |