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One of the stranger documents we've handled, a D.S. 1p. 12mo., 1807, certifying the export of coffee, signed by a supposed ghost! STEPHEN JUMEL (d. 1832), was a French wine merchant who purchased what is now the historic Morris-Jumel Mansion in New York. The mansion was completed in 1766 by Roger Morris, one of the city’s wealthy merchants. During the American Revolution, it served as headquarters for George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton, and after the war was used as a tavern. It was purchased in 1810 by Jumel for his wife, and after Jumel’s death she married Aaron Burr who also lived on the estate. According to famous ghost-hunter Hans Holczer, Jumel's ghost haunted the mansion for over 150 years until a seance with the angry ghost brought forth Jumel's claim that his wife had murdered him, resulting in the spirit passing over to the "other side". Take it for what it's worth…!