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Margaret and Harman had six children. Two sons, Dominic (1799) and Harman (1803), were born to them during their time on the island. A baby girl, named Margaret, was also born during their time on the island but did not survive infancy. Another girl also named Margaret was born during their
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Blennerhassett and Aaron Burr were both arrested and imprisoned in the Virginia State Penitentiary until they were granted freedom. The trial in Richmond had exhausted the Blennerhassett's accounts. The following years were met with financial hardships and moving through different states and
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In 1825, Margaret and her children joined Harman in Europe. Harman died in 1831. Margaret remained in Europe until 1842, when she and son Harman Jr., returned to the United States. She petitioned
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Margaret is said to have been above average height with brown hair and blue eyes. She often wore her hair bound in a silk headdress. She wrote and spoke French and
Italian fluently. She would often accompany her husband on hunting trips and enjoyed horseback riding.
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in 1824. It was not common at the time for women to publish under their own names; that is why
Margaret published under the pseudonym "A Lady". The first collection of poems she published,
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to either annex Texas or form a new country in the western United States. While
Margaret was in Marietta, Harman and his associates boarded boats and escaped down the river into the
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