[FN] Conversations of the author with Colonel Burr, noted down on the day they were held.
On leaving Philadelphia for New-York, Colonel Burr gave the Chief the following letter of introduction to his youthful and gifted daughter Theodosia [FN]—afterward Mrs. Alston:—
[FN] Miss Burr was then in her fourteenth year.
"Colonel Burr to his Daughter.
"Philadelphia, Feb. 28, 1797.
"This will be handed to you by Colonel Brant, the celebrated Indian Chief. I am sure that you and Natalie [FN] will be happy in the opportunity of seeing a man so much renowned. He is a man of education—speaks and writes the English perfectly—and has seen much of Europe and America. Receive him with respect and hospitality. He is not one of those Indians who drink rum, but is quite a gentleman; not one who will make you fine bows, but one who understands and practices what belongs to propriety and good breeding. He has daughters—it you could think of some little present to send to one of them—a pair of ear-rings, for example,—it would please him. You may talk to him very freely, and offer to introduce him to your friend Mr. Witbeck, at Albany. Vale, et ama,
"A.B.
"Miss Theodosia Burr, No. 30 Partition-street, New-York."