The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel: An Early New York Success Story – Sort of
Morris Jumel Mansion
She’s the woman who dueled with Aaron Burr and won. Move over Alexander Hamilton. The life of Eliza Jumel is a tale about a woman who came to New York to make good on the American Dream. Margaret Oppenheimer’s splendid book, The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel: Marriage and …
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