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Show HIS OCAU WITH ASTOR. Troubles of Aaron Our- Traced In Old Records. Under Aaron llurr and his brilliant daughter, Theodoala, lllchinond 11111 became Ihe most famous place of boa pltallty In New York, saya Hurton J lltndrlck Talleyrand Jerome llona parte and Iula I hlllppe were entertained enter-tained there John Jacob Astor, however, how-ever, was not charmed by Ha literary and political associations or Ita nal ural beauty Hut he did seo that the clt) waa Inching tip to Hlchrnnnd Kill, and that It would soon be needed for building: lota lllchinond Hill too, waa brat lly mortgaged Ihe mortgage mort-gage I ayable In Jul) IS04 About this time llurr been nil Intuited In hla quaircl with llamlllon Ilia lettcra to Thendosla show that the snlo of. lllchinond Hill was tbe only poaelble way tit forestalling ruin Ho as hla mortgage became due and lust ono month before the Hamilton duel. As lor bought the place for $160,000 Un questionably this irnney facilitated Hurra night perhaps It wne used, who knows, In Ills wild Houthwostcrn scheme? llurr returned to Now lork after his mleernblo wandering In Ku-ropp Ku-ropp but noter aurceuded In rehabilitating rehabil-itating himself Ilia old law cllcnta shunned him hla furmtr friends Ik nurnt him the only fnllhful ones were hla creditors Among these waa Astor who acquired, ileca by piece, all that was left of Itlchmond lllli. lletween the lines of tho moldy real estate records of New York wo can trace the wretchedness of Aaron llurr. |