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Lost Dauphin Cottage
On NYS 37 at Hogansburgh, Bombay,
NY,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
44° 58' 15.4848",
-74° 39' 28.8828"
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New York State
Historical Marker
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In this Dwelling lived Eleazer Williams who claimed to be son of Louis XVI of France
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Lost Dauphin Cottage: | | In an obituary on September 4th, 1858, The New York Times reported the death of Reverend Eleazer Williams, the Pretended Dauphin of France, on the 28th of August. According to that obituary, he died at Hogansburg, a part of the St. Regis Reservation in New York State, from a protracted illness of dropsy. The Masons apparently turned out in numbers for the funeral, which was held at the Methodist Episcopal Mission Church nearby on St. Regis Rd. The obit further reports that in February of 1853, an article appeared in Putnam's Monthly written by Rev. John H. Hanson, an Episcopal clergyman, which claimed to proove that Williams was Louis XVII, the Lost Dauphin of France. In that article, Hanson gave a history of the Dauphin and established a series of coincidences to make a plausible groundwork for William's claim to be the Dauphin. According to the story, Williams could not remember the early years of his life but had supposed he was part Indian. When the Prince de Joinville came to America, Williams said that the Prince had sought him out and they had a conversation upon a steamer on Lake Michigan where the Prince revealed the secret of Mr. Williams' birth, and that the proofs seemed strong. Supposedly Williams was later shown a portrait of Simon, the cobbler who had been the jailer of the real Dauphin, and Williams exclaimed, Good God! I Know that face; it has haunted me through life! This along with other circumstantial evidence supposedly prooved Williams was the Dauphin. For a while, Williams was made popular as the Lost Dauphin, and was feted in New York City and elsewhere in the state until the public faith in his claim began to waiver a bit. Nowadays it is generally believed that Rev. Eleazer Williams' claim was likely false. |
Last updated: 11/25/2010 22:53:30 |
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Lost Dauphin Cottage Historical Marker Location Map, Bombay, New York
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