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2,125 bushels – 56 pounds to the bushel – per acre. The
11 acres on Sullivan’s Island was capable of producing
7,000 bushels. At 25 cents per bushel, this would never
have paid Niroth’s creditors, let alone provided salt for
exportation.
Meanwhile, Niroth continued his life in Baltimore as an
exporter to Havana. In Washington in 1807, he persuaded
Benjamin Latrobe, a prominent architect, to utilize his
patented concrete to roof his new home. The roof leaked,
ruining most
of Latrobe’s
drawings and
important
papers. At this
time, Niroth was
holding himself
out as a Russian
military officer.
By 1808, Niroth
was in New
York, marrying
Miss Sarah Van
Steenbergh.
Finally, in 1812
and back in
Washington,
“Louis B. D.
Niroth” wrote
to President
James Madison
that he was in
the city to settle
his jail fees but
was in financial
distress and
had a motherless daughter now living with strangers.
Niroth forgot to mention he abandoned her penniless
when he fled Washington. He went on to ask President
Madison for financial help and added that he had
“important communication of a serious consequence to
the government of the United States for the Secretary of
War. …”
He was never heard from again.
Nothing remains today of the Sullivan’s Island’s salt
works or the home built by Niroth. Interestingly, the
brick foundation was probably used in the construction
of Truesdell’s house. The land itself relegated to the sea.
Ludwig Baron D. Niroth was never what he seemed.
What people saw was what they wanted to see. Even salt
looks like sugar.
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