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Title
Blennerhassett
Mansion
drawing
Subject
Blennerhassett Island (W. Va.)
Blennerhassett, Harman, 1765-1831
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807
Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Time Period
1800s
Place
Blennerhassett Island (West Virginia)
Description
This
photographic
reproduction
of an
engraving
depicts
the
Blennerhassett
Mansion
,
home
of
lawyer
,
planter
, and
politician
Harman
Blennerhassett
(1765-1831)
. The
artist
who
created
the
original
pencil
sketch
in
1804
was an
unknown
Frenchman
. The
mansion
achieved
notoriety
for
being
the
headquarters
of the
so-called
Burr
Conspiracy
, an
attempt
by
Aaron
Burr
,
former
vice
president
of the
United
States
, to
aid
the
establish
of a
second
empire
in the
Southwest
. As
depicted
here, the
mansion
was a
two-story
structure
with a
curved
,
one-story
wing
extending
from
both
sides
. The
property
is
lined
with
mature
trees
and
fencing
. A
group
of
farm
animals
(cattle)
are
grazing
opposite
the
walkway
that
runs
parallel
to the
house
.
Barely
visible
in the
lower
right
corner
of the
illustration
is
the
name
of
one
of
New
York’s
largest
engraving
firms
,
Lossing
and
Barritt
. In
1797
,
Blennerhassett
, a
wealthy
Irish-born
aristocrat
,
moved
with his
wife
to
Marietta
,
Ohio
,
where
they
purchased
174
acres
of
land
on an
island
in the
Ohio
River
. The
land
formerly
belonged
to
George
Washington
. The
island
is
located
near
Belpre
,
Ohio
, and
Parkersburg
,
West
Virginia
. The
Blennerhassetts
intended
to
make
the
island
their
home
.
During
their
first
years
on the
island
, the
Blennerhassetts
lived
in a
blockhouse
. In
1800
, they
moved
into a
mansion
,
where
the
couple
lived
the
life
of the
wealthy
. The
Blennerhasetts
were
well
known
for their
hospitality
, and
many
travelers
down
the
Ohio
River
stopped
at the
couple’s
home
. Their
most
famous
guest
was
Burr
. In
1805
and
1806
, the
Blennerhassetts
assisted
Burr
in his
scheme
to
break
away
the
western
part
of the
United
States
to
form
a
new
country
that he would
lead
. The
federal
government
heard
rumors
of the
uprising
and
sent
a
detachment
of
Virginia
militia
to
seize
the
Blennerhassetts
'
island
.
Harman
Blennerhassett
was in
hiding
; his
wife
was
away
in
Marietta
.
When
she
returned
, she
discovered
that the
militiamen
had
ransacked
the
home
, and she
fled
with her
three
children
. Her
husband
was
arrested
a
few
weeks
later
, but he
quickly
gained
his
release
. The
Blennerhassetts
briefly
returned
to their
mansion
, but
now
destitute
, they
sought
their
fortunes
in
Mississippi
. Their
former
island
home
,
now
under
new
ownership
,
burned
in
1811
.
During
the
1980s
the
mansion
was
reconstructed
on its
original
foundations
. The
island
is
now
a
West
Virginia
state
park
.
Date of Original
1804
Collection
Blennerhassett
Island
,
Ohio
Source
SC
44
Format
Picture
;
Drawing
;
Black-and-white
photograph
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
AL05828.tif
Image Height
3824
Image Width
3824
File Size
29176788 Bytes
Date created
2011-08-05
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