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Eliza Jumel (née Bowen; April 2, 1775 – July 16, 1865), also known as Eliza Burr, was a wealthy American socialite. She was married to Aaron Burr and their divorce was finalized on the day of his death.
Jun 7, 2024 · 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...
"Eliza Jumel was one of the great horizontals of American history."
Madame Eliza Jumel’s flamboyant lifestyle, opinions and actions brought about her arrest in 1816. She was asked to leave the country by King Louis XVIII, and was taken under military escort by the Royal Guard to one of Jumel‘s ships in the harbor.
It is the oldest extant house in Manhattan, having been built in 1765 by British military officer Roger Morris, and was also home to the family of socialite Eliza Jumel in the 19th century. The New York City government has owned the house since 1903.
Jul 6, 2016 · Eliza Jumel (April 2, 1775 – July 16, 1865), born into poverty, made her way up the social ladder until she was one of the richest women in New York.
Eliza Jumel: a well-traveled grande dame conversant in two languages, an art col-lector who claimed friends at the French court, the wife (briefly) of a vice president of the United States and a landed propri-etor who owned a good chunk of Upper Manhattan. By the time she died at age 90 on July 16, 1865, she was one of New York’s wealthiest ...
