...called an ark, in which were fitted up conveniences for a long voyage. Wilkinson was not ready, and the impatient Burr proceeded without him. He stopped at Blennerhassett's Island, nearly opposite Marietta , then inhabited by a wealthy and accomplished Irish gentleman of that name, who had created there a paradise for himself (see Blennerhassett, Harman). He had a pleasant mansion, enriched by books, ad...