Show dam AIR ew nation dam aab W av 4 N Z IN N A A Y Z aj I 1 M W 4 R 6 1 car Z lar larf F 1 NEW meliv nat IonnI holiday wll will he added to the list of lays days officially recognized by UK the government for patriotic of oh servance if congress heeds the recommendations by tile tie thomas jefferson centennial at its meeting field in connection connect lot with the se belons lons of the institute of public affairs at the lie university of virginia recently these recommendations deenin bienda t ions were to celebrate to april 13 ench cadi year as jeffersons birthday to assure the preservation of monticello lie file home of jefferson to establish nil au shrine in frere may ile be preserved records and relies relics connected with the adoption of the declaration of amerlean american independence and to continue tile the of patriotic education conducted by the lie thomas jefferson Menior memorial ifil foundation thus lie file of thomas jefferson author of the declaration of independence and in third president of tile the states would mould be immortalized along with that of washington and as the only residents presidents whose hirth birthdays days are tint national ional holl holidays days and monticello would take its place with mount blount vernon and the house in n springfield ill as a patriotic slit shrine ine although Alt bough jefferson Is regarded as the patron saint of one of tile the two major political parties and the he term jeffersonian Jeffers onlan democracy deni Is a part of our current speech this proposal to lion honor 0 r him should have the support of nil jill americans because it Is strictly nonpartisan tile the officers leers off of the commission appointed under nn an act of congress are president coolidge vice president dawes nicholas longworth speaker of the house george P mclean R senator from connecticut joseph T robinson D senator from arkansas Ark anstis simeon D ress fess n R sen senator titor from froin ohio royal S copeland 1 D senator from new york finis J garrett D representative from froin tennessee john Q tilson n R representative from connee connecticut tj R walton moore 11 represent nilve from virginia robert L balcon bacon R n representative represent atle from new york and dr edwin A aldema Al denin claude G hewers bowers mrs anthony wayne cook henry ford stuart G gibbony thomas F and felix NI warburg through the work of the thomaa jefferson memorial foundation monticello Is being gradually restored to its original condition and visitors there find it easy to believe that they are living in tile the past of more than a century ago one aid especially in establishing that atmosphere Is the large number of jefferson relies relics which have been presented to the foundation with in the last few months and which will be on exhibition at monticello henceforth tile the foundation recently made tills this the following items were donated by the late jane randolph harrlson harrison nan lall a descendant of thomas thomaa jenerson jefferson I 1 0 american league players rs say that tony luzzell Is not only the lie host best se second on baseman in that league hut bill tile the premier pre niler shortstop shon stop in tile the minors nil nors 0 0 attendance of fans nt a re cent city toledo game ul tit city cita Is believed to lie ile it a ree rc ord rd trod for a minor league gl ayame illic the baseball club of 0 the hie american wits pur pul chalee by tamea james T perry till nian man froni W C sr of Nor norwalk cutia and the wife of alexander B randall kandall of waterbury Water bure conn who with his son burton 11 II ar R randall nan dall carried ou out t the wishes expressed by the donor tn in her life time the chippendale dining room table to ble originally presented to jefferson by george wythe the famous chancellor of virginia and the first law professor in america and signer of the declaration of independence three lIeppe lwhite dining room chairs purchased by jefferson while minister to F france rance and brought by him to monticello where the chairs remained until a few years after his death the original mahogany bedside can dle die table used for many years at monticello and which originally belonged to jane Pt Han andolph dolph jefferson mother of thomas jefferson thomas jeffersons original writing and drafting desk used by him for many years at monticello title this desk dealt hns hais a double top with a sliding board on the side and discloses a number of the ingenious features used by thomas jefferson in his design for the little desk on which he wrote the draft for the declaration of independence the following articles were donated by miss fanny al burke of alexandria a descendant of thomas jefferson thomas jeffersons paint box used by him at monticello particularly for his architectural drawings many of these drawings are still preserved as he Is the father of american thomas jeffersons ivory memorandum leaflet pads a locket with jeffersons hair a number of personal trinkets buttons buckles etc and three pillows from jeffersons bed two of which were under hla his head when lie he died mrs victor kauffman Kaur wife of the editor of the washington star has donated three dining room chairs which formerly belonged to jefferson and she has delegated mrs rose gouverneur hoes of washington chairman of the jefferson committee in that city and a descendant of james 1 onroe to present the chairs in her behalf to monticello monti cello in addition the foundation acknowledges a presentation of a very ery unusual an and d Inte interesting colored drawing of dion t ic ello made many years ago in france from the recollection of a visiting frenchman this drawing was purchased by and presented to the foundation by mrs martin W littleton C of f new york city the foundation also nel acknowledges now ledgen presentation of a handsome silk virginia flag daei pre presented anted to monticello by the committee who had charge of the replica of the jefferson house on high street at the cen exposition in philadelphia of which committee miss caroline sinkler w was e chairman hairm nii find and which committee w waa a ats r represented ep resented hy by hilss agnes morl son aon and a delegation which form formally nIly delivered the flag to Al of interest too to nil Amer lefing was ins the lie recent announcement by president nicholas murray buffer of columbia upon tits return from it italy ily chilt lie was bringing brins ln with him film fig as a crift trift to the alic columbia library a lilt hitherto herto unpublished letter of jeffersons lefTer ons chis letter ni oi dering a 9 packet of boik for jeffersons TefTer Kons private library bitted alon monticello ti april 19 1821 find nildred addre vad d to de kuret acres line 1 ker pente paris an interesting an nril instructive lew of tile wide anti burled range of jeffersons JetTer sons activities tivi ties and interests In the fetler follows monticello april 1921 19 21 de nuie frerer the packet of boos books you ou were ro pa 0 0 0 abe most on oil record for Is credited to it a ii j alne ko guine danied dorr wito leagur pitcher 1 1 i 1 antt rs on all alt 1 ISS 1882 1 back I 1 in ill 11 first tir t lill elnan for lilt 1 lie moil son ani s evall went 1 n I full gaule cin it u 1 angll Ing lL or butout putout 6 t ann iman bar ins been referee if cr tilt hie Sl anford vs s fi iiii all coute 11 to te ile played in tile the ialo alto saturday ber I 1 ID U kind as aa to send me the last year came safely to hand and I 1 duly note tits the balance ot of sa 40 to my debet I 1 now engage my friend john vaughan 0 or philadelphia to place dollars in paris at your order find and request you to to send me tile the books on oil tile the back hereof or so many of them ns the remittance will pay for curtailing t the h a catalogue at the end so 80 RS as to bring it within the limit of the remittance it Is arranged with a view or of or omitting nitting those which I 1 am the least anxious to pos possess sens but retain in your hands the hum bum necessary to procure the dion cas caa alus from germany if not to be had nearer in his rant de la literature en Al lemagne in 1807 pa 33 says bays ilia ie M pr fr duill a public en 1807 un DI adlon on cassius ind and a catalogue de la in Ilbra irle grec latane allemand Alleman dk which I 1 possess announces it in those these words dionis i cassil IIla torla storia filomana ed cd delps in avo sous presse pr esre tile the title page of this catalogue catal osue being lost I 1 know not its date of if time me place but I 1 suspect it to be german and of the date of isis 1818 as I 1 see articles of th that at date in it and none later I 1 must request your y 0 ur endeavor to procure this edition lot t the I 1 e bindings be all solid and handsome I 1 have seen announced a He Re cuell tt tl parallels par allele des edifices do de tout genre anclena et mod moderner mo dornes ernes par 1 I N durand a decole books of this kind are so BO often at extra gant prices that one ly if afraid to 10 ask them without knowing their price it if it does not cost more than 40 of bof ernd it if more I 1 pray you to write me the cost that I 1 may judge whether to put it into my next invoice as I 1 wish to 10 get it it if within reasonable bounds be so good as to dispatch these books book a with as little delay as possible that they may arrive before the storme storm of autumn or and accept the assurance of 0 my esteem respect TIT til JEFFI InSON doctor butters butlers announcement led to the revelation by jolin url uri lloyd president of the lloyd library in cincinnati that ills his library also had a bilth orto unpublished jefferson letter the discovery of this letter canie about in a dramatic manner severn several years ago the lloyd library purchased in paris the first volume of north Amerl cati sylva by F addre All allehaux chaux a noted french traveler and botanist when miss edith wycoff present curator oi of the library was cataloguing catalo guing tile book she discovered securely pasted in it n letter written by jefferson Jel Terson to al michaux Michi lux this letter written eight years earlier than the columbia letter ns na a token of esteem to the presidents ants friend in france also reveals in 11 a manner fully as interesting as the other oni on of tile the interests 0 of f the many sided jefferson viz ills his keen heen h een appreciation of any contribution to tile existing scientific knowledge of the time the text of the letter follows monticello dec 14 1813 sir my ily interior situation among the mountains and great distance e f from rom any seaport town la is eitrem extremely ely unfriendly to punctual correspondence with the other bide aide of the atlantic vessels bound to that quarter are generally gone before I 1 learn their destination ti by the public papers I 1 have received from you at different times several of your excellent work on the forest trees of Ai america to wit the 1st ast and 2nd and sur our los loa pins et sapins et at sur les lea chenes and the ath and on the betula castanea fague Dlo spyros etc I 1 have gone gona over them with great pleasure and received from them much information which had escaped my own notice altho the subjects lie under my eye they contain a valuable addition to tile itie knowledge of american trees and claim for you the thanks of all who interest themselves in this most interesting branch of science I 1 pray you to accept my portion of that tribute BS as being among those who set act the highest value on your work I 1 have hae not noi seen peen the work of bl tes s aler er mentioned by you on the subjects subject ot of the merinos marinos Me but that race of sheep la Is multiplying among us most extensively the general attention paid to them hern will soon render their wool an article of export altho our own manufacturer are fast increasing also end and will soon boon make us independent of hagland for manufacture of wool and cotton as aa well as for many other articles besides the domestic benefit to be derived from this economy the political advantage of weakening permanently walenty wan enty ly a P bitter and permanent enemy ore are of real importance with every wish for the successful prosecution of the valuable labors you arc or engil ged in be pleased to accept the nf my iny prent respect and ei t rm TH arft |