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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Thomas Jefferson letter to Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge [manuscript], 1825 November 14.

Title: Thomas Jefferson letter to Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge [manuscript], 1825 November 14.

Jefferson reports on the aftermath of a student riot at the University of Virginia. He has heard of the loss of her baggage at sea, particularly the writing desk made for her by John Hemings and the latter's despondency over the loss as his eyesight had failed too much to make another, noting "Virgil could not have been more afflicted had his Aeneid fallen a prey to the flames." In its stead he is sending the desk on which he wrote the Declaration. Jefferson also asks Ellen to give Mr. Willard the commission for the University clock as Benjamin Waterhouse has recommended him, reports on a land purchase and difficulties caused by a tariff on marble for the Rotunda portico, asks her husband to act as agent in the purchase of fish and brandy and requests that she read the University parts of the letter to George Ticknor. With the letter is a colored print of Monticello, 1897, lacking the dome, sited incorrectly, and containing a non-existent addition.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Thomas Jefferson letter to James Dinsmore [manuscript], 1810 September 26.

Title: Thomas Jefferson letter to James Dinsmore [manuscript], 1810 September 26.

Jefferson, Monticello, writes to Dinsmore requesting the return of sash planes and "templet" so that "Johnny Hemings" can use them for sash doors at Poplar Forest. They should be sent by stage to the care of [David] Higginbotham.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Will and codicil of Thomas Jefferson, 1826 March 16 and March 17.

Title: Will and codicil of Thomas Jefferson, 1826 March 16 and March 17.

Writing from Monticello, Albemarle County, Va., Jefferson leaves Poplar Forest to his grandson Francis Eppes and names his grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph sole executor. The following are his beneficiaries: Francis Eppes, Thomas Mann Randolph, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Nicholas P. Trist, Alexander Garrett, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Joseph Coolidge, James Madison, the Randolph family, the Eppes family, and the University of Virginia, to which Jefferson leaves his library. He recommends to his daughter the care of her aunt Anna Scott Marks. Jefferson also gives freedom, resources, and "last, solemn, and dutiful thanks" to the following servants: Burwell, John Hemings, Joe Fosset, Madison Hemings, and Eston Hemings.

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