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Episode 430: The Mysterious Disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston

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I Got Married Before 30

Joseph Alston proposed to Theodosia in 1801, but she said no. He convinced her by traveling from South Carolina where he was living to upstate New York and convincing her that Aristotle judged a man to mature for marriage before age 36. They had these letters back and forth that are very like sassy. "I got married before 30. I didn't have kids until 30"

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