Famous Mysteries of the Sea
Famous Mysteries of the Sea, involves Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of the infamous Aaron Burr, and her disappearance during The War of 1812. Theodosia had been married to the governor of South Carolina at the time. She boarded the schooner Patriot to make a quick run up to New York to visit dad, and neither she nor the Patriot was ever seen again. Years later, at a dinner party in London, a US official met the British admiral who had been blockading the US coast at the time. He said that he'd stopped the Patriot on New Year's Day, 1813, and allowed them to pass through, but that a major storm had hit that same night, and scattered his fleet. He believed that the Patriot went down in the storm. In fact, the governor of South Carolina had actually written a NOTE asking any British ships that stopped them to please allow them to pass. (and also explaining that the dog ate their homework, no doubt). The Admiral said he'd actually seen that note, and honored it (!). So