He had all of his papers burned which was very odd for a President.
Arthur lied about his mother’s time in Canada. He lied about his father’s time in Canada. He lied about his father’s age plus where and when he got off the boat from Ireland. By obscuring his parents’ personal history he curtailed the possibility that anybody might discover he was born many years before his father had naturalized.
When Chester runs for VP, Hinman comes along essentially demanding to see Chester’s birth certificate to prove he was born in the United States. This causes a minor scandal easily thwarted by Chester, because Chester was born in Vermont…but at the same time, the fake scandal provides cover for the real scandal.
Is this the twilight zone?............Leo Donofrio
Let me tell you a little about old Chester. You see Chester was somewhat of a crook, he was a true hack. A kind of Billy Bulger on a larger stage. I would guess that is why he burned his papers. Even thou he was a crook, he still was a natural born American from the Green Mountain State.
Are you saying that Hinman was in cahoots with Arthur in disputing his birthplace so in order to head fake everybody on his father’s status. Even thou Hinman was the only one who really cared at the time. If this is true, Arthur was clever enough to have become the greatest President of all time.