Lot Details
Lot 244
BURR, AARON Autograph letter signed with initials to Mary Eliza Chase.
No place (but New York): no date (but circa 1833?). A one page autograph letter on one sheet signed with initials "A.B." by Burr and addressed to "Ma Chere Niece," the address panel in Burr's hand "A Madame/Madame Chase/a Chateau." 8 x 5 inches (20 x 13). A few tears into letter, toned areas, mat staining, somewhat brittle and worn, offered with a printed portrait, sold as is.
A late letter from Aaron Burr addressed to "Ma Chere Niece" believed to be Mary Eliza Chase, niece of Burr's last wife Eliza Jumel, or perhaps a veiled letter to Eliza Jumel herself given the desperate tone of Burr's letter. The letter is addressed to Madame Chase "a Chateau" - possibly the Morris-Jumel Mansion in today's Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan - as the letter describes Burr's great desire to see her and his fear that they might pass each other on the road into town. Burr states that on a certain rainy day "after getting 3 or 4 miles on the way I was attacked very unexpectedly by that vexatious complaint which has for some weeks past annoyed me and I was very reluctantly compelled to return." He closes asking her how she "supports cette solitdude ennuyante" (this boring solitude"). Letters from the very last years of Burr's life are scarce.
C
Additional Notes & Condition Report
No condition report? Click here to request one.