| Show jefferson part of his early boyhood at tuckahoe hoc on the james river a fine house still in existence about 14 miles west of richmond which has biot parted with tho traditions inseparable from nil old virginia mansion including a slept in by general washington a perambulating ghost who wring bis hands before cock crow and stables where a stud of thoroughbred horses consumed annually 1000 barrels of corn near iho flower garden with its box edged walks stands a little brick building styled wherein studied together thomas jefferson and thomas mann randolph the boy heir of the estate to which his guardian peter removed with his family alie better to watch oscr phased charge this thomas maim randolph married first anne daughter of achibald Ahi bald cary of ampthill Amp thill the fiery patriot of the revolution known by the sobriquet of old iron the oldest sou of this marriage became mr jeffersons son in law very late in life colonel solaced hi s widower hood by taking o 0 girl in her teens gabriella of richmond an event that soon scattered from her home the children of his first marriage ono might go far without finding advice so kind so temperate in such exquisite sympathy with tho difficulties of poor aumau nature in families otist verse elemente as that of the letter written by sir jefferson to his daughter upon the subject of this marriage of her father in law in 1790 an odd outcome of tho much discussed nuptials was that the new mrs randolph imperiously ignoring the fact that glicr oldest stepson was already in possession of alie name bestowed upon her own son also his fathers thomas mana randolph from this high spirited lne captivating mrs gabriella randolph descended the misses ella and emily chapman of philadelphia married respectively to the marquis louis do Pod estad aud prince Pigna tolli daragon new york ledger |
