Show 0 monticello M I 1 A IJ 7 JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN IE HI fourth of july and ad the thorn as jefferson are naturally tag closely associated associate in the led of a all good americana at I 1 may now be added r T far or the team reason that I a move mova ment Is well under way to veldo restore his him home at char lottes ville 11 1 a old and make cank it a national it I 1 patriotic ills memory of J jefferson or dr deserves e well ot of lila him I 1 country mry it 11 we was he who made the draft of l th the do declaration of independence 1 he was t the he third prest dent of the united S states at e and ad his him other merv icom were wave man many and d distinguished jefferson we wag born bom y april 13 1743 at Shad a he a d died il at 1 Ill jul july 4 d on the fiftieth annever iver sary irry of the declaration of Iride In depend petel ance so independence day next year will 1 I be the of the and the centennial of let jet term ergon a death jefferson Jeffe raon n was graduated from wll WIT llam and mary college in 1782 1762 and was waa admitted to the bar 1 in 1767 if he wei was member ot of the continental co congress ovella and signed the declaration in 17 1776 1716 16 he was a member of the legisla turn tare of virginia and a leader in important tant legal reforms he filled these theme other positions governor of virginia 1779 member of congress con colo giess pene 1783 aln 1 later iver to prance france 1784 9 secretary secre hory of late it vice president 1797 F president resident 8 ile he founded in 1819 the Un university heIty of virginia at char lones bonesville ville mintlee 1 is g to be restored me BO to tar or I 1 as possible to the condition in will which ell it was waa left by jefferson this thia task has been undertaken jointly by the thomas jefferson memorial M 1111 F foundation atlo and I 1 the he america american rule of ecta through its committee on the preservation of historic monuments old end scenic breaths beauties prof fiske kimball chairman of the architects committee hopes not am to restore the im lawns own and gardens to thormal thomas jet fare a period D but also on to return to the hin historic mansion much of the fur pirate the F foundation and ton was waa wild ohm on an the one bond hundred red and eightieth anniversary of jeffee jefferson s birth april 13 1923 the following docena the foundation by maung making aP payment yat of took legal till title to ta the colonial mansion ill the estate of acres of land and prime priceless jeffersonian Jeffers onlan relics lie when retiring from the presidency jefferson expected to be the 1 hermit of Mm ullo but this was not to be A emoth continuous ion stream of visitors came to the p place Is it was sold ald at the time that everyone in the 1 united tell status states of an any enter enterprise sooner or later found him bis w eay ay to I this extraordinary hermitage he 11 himself it aror wrote at one 1 time I that an a ox tasted looted only a day or BO some sometimes ti en he had to prepare fifty beds for a night his visitors ate him oat mot of it bell house and home then on an top of ph the gradual awl doln ot of his resources the prore 1 flonary debt of id bla wife a estate became bea a do due 1 la egal england d and nearly early half of 0 his fortune wax was wept anay aay at one blow an endorsement indorsement Indor for a friend east coat id him an 20 QUO finally he had to amil ell his and sold fold it to con congress greas tor or ii 3 in order to avert averl the blow that was pending jefferson Jeffe raon petitioned the login lature james for permission to dispose of his Tro property perty at a fair valuation by tottery lottery tie rie said mid by this me means I 1 ian can save the he man lie ell house bouse and a tann lam ad joining to end my day in and bury say my bones bables if not I 1 must sell hewn end and all here and carry my family to B ellord bedford f where I 1 have bavo not even a log hut hot to put my head into there was waa name borne opposition in the legislature but the bill passed 1 ga lole when the time news spread public p idle meetings t were called nod and suase r options for jefferson a use w were started A loan or gift from the treasury was bug ang cooled ge but jefferson would not hear bear of that plan ile he said bald I 1 have spent three times time as much money y and ad given my whole life to my countrymen and now they nobly came forward in the tha only way they can to repay me rod and save an old servant team from being turned like a 4 dog dg out of doors dean the action of the tha public made the last days day of if his life easier but the debts debt still hung over the estate upon hla him d death th subscriptions ceased to come came in im the lottery was waa a farce the tha executor u tor disposed ot of the estate the land going as low as three to ton ten dol del term tara an acre the proceeds were not enough to discharge the obligations the executor made up the difference the thomas jefferson memorial foundation Found atton Is now new engaged in the task of teeming freeing the estate of debt the movement has the support of me men and women walcom of all political initial faiths dent coolidge accepting appointment a aa a member of the board of go governors said id but I 1 cannot too earnestly assure you of my conviction that your organization to Is performing a useful service in encouraging the preservation of those shrines and came monuments ments of american bi history story which must bring inspiration to the american public jefferson Jefter sorl was versatile coill and ingen lous loua he was an a amateur architect of no me mean ability tor for one as thing lie he made the PI plans for far monticello and su so peril traded its ita construction the plans plane for far the tha university of virginia were ill his Is As a former farmer he was in advance of his time he practiced rotation of crops had a fancy for unproved improved live stock and introduced new fruits and vegetables jefferson Jeffera s early homm home th the ban house of his father at shadwell wor near by was burned in 1770 he lost all ills his books book and papers a negro g servant act saved red his him violin stall th the previous year jefferson had erected a story and a half brick building which afterward formed the southeastern part pact of his mansion so he moved ad to monticello at a once being bringing log his him to mother other brother and unmarried sisters he not only be built lit monticello but was sas his own in trl decorator and landscape gm dener deer A touch much of romance is SOP supplied PIled at Mentle monticello elle by a little two story house 1 at I the end of the long row reer of servants quarters the upper room opens poll u upon pon tle tie lawn wade made by leveling the nomell moun coln slope this was jefferson a bridal chamber now new ye years a r day 1772 mon man was only partly built old and a bil rd was sea blowing but the room hud ad it alln own fireplace and was secluded arous family and mer to ell his bride I 1 we was martha W diw skelton the mar rings was happy and gave him an ong 11 BOD and ave 1 daughters laugh tera his him wife died in 1782 this little house will be restored so will its companion news bouse it a rep replica tick on the other side of 0 the lawn the first ons one was later inter wed used to accommodate com 0 guest the tha second one me was wa where jefferson had bad his bis law office and kept the accounts of his him estate tradition tion says gays that he be sometime wed tt it as an a refuge from his hordes horde of visitors altora vi and guesta guest here her was b riad thomb thom jo jeff joon a on author of the tha declaration D 1 t of ambellas am sellas 1 d I 1 of the mot of virginia VI sm or and ad th the father path of the th university of virginia VI bals this was the inscription in accordance with jefferson ji a I 1 B wish on a the original obelisk b she over him hie grave congress congre in 1 1882 cepla replaced ad this with one more ornate to th the original now mm stood stands on OB the campus pa of the university of MIR admirl at Co columbia lumble a its bite within the louisiana purchase made from france franca during jefferson a administration thomas thom jefferson a to fame based upon his actual aenice sen ice to hla him country Is in secure for this reason the promotion of a jefferson cult which apparently seeks to make a of f him a superman perman Bo I 1 ij deprecated by mour many for far small example a jefferson was not the dihe author anthor of the declaration of iodine indo depend dependence eme th the committee of alv alve appointed app P al cited by congress to prepare th the af document instructed him to draft t it ile he put into words sentiments and id phrases aich were on every in mang lips a aa Is shown by the mecklenburg decla declaration a tion a of may 20 1775 the I 1 committee a revised jefferson a draft con ce gress green amended I 1 its to revision of at hla him draft the amerlean Amer leat articulate through congress comar was the real author of the declaration of independence again the louisiana purchase from treaties france in 1803 of the territory between the mississippi and the was sea a stepping stone in the march of the american people across the continent c binem but jefferson was a secondary factor only his him envoys envoy to fee franca had an 1 ol ity to buy the me mouth uth of the ml for 2 napoleon forced them to russ agree to buy the louisiana territory for the whole deal was unconstitutional jefferson was aghast the east almost seceded f from rma the union but congress had to ratify the purchase to save move the tha terri to tory from great britain which was waa permanently balked in its designs on this o western otera tera empire by A andrew drew tack son mon january canum 8 1815 at new orleans Or leang one of the Dec decisive lidee bottles battles of 0 amer adwa les ica aud and of the world |