Blennerhassett, Harmon, 1765-1831.

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Irish immigrant; settled on Blennerhassett Island in the Ohio River, 1798; involved with Aaron Burr and charged with treason, 1806, but not convicted; became a cotton planter in Mississippi and later a lawyer in Montreal, Canada, before returning to the British Isles.

From the description of Letter : La Cache, Port Gibson, Miss[issippi] Terr[itory], to Geo[rge] Trotter, S[enio]r, Lexington, Kentucky, 1814 April 11. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27327722

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Birth 1765

Death 1831

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