Compare Constellations

Burke, Frances Maury, 1861-1933,. Trist-Burke family papers, 1834-1936, bulk 1836-1889.

Title: Trist-Burke family papers, 1834-1936, bulk 1836-1889.

The collection contains two items in Jefferson's hand: a copy of Byron's poem "Enigma," and a memo of mileage distances to Poplar Forest. Correspondence of the Trist and Burke families chiefly conveys news of family and friends with many scattered references to political events of the day including the Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidaljo negotiated by Nicholas P. Trist, the election of 1844, the Wilmot Proviso, the Civil War, which divided the family, and Reconstruction in Alexandria, Va. Other subjects of interest include Thomas Jefferson Trist's education in Philadelphia, particularly his art studies, and Thomas Jefferson's religious philosophy. There are also brief mentions of Henry Ward Beecher, Robley Dunglison, the 1863 New York draft riots, a speech by Alexander H. Stephens, renovations of Monticello, and the Trumbull portrait of Jefferson. Architectural materials include a copy of Jefferson's plan for the "Parlor floor at Monticello" and one for his first version of the home. With these are a list of sources for the column style of each University of Virginia pavilion, and a drawing of "Tristford," an ancestral home in Devonshire. Copies of Jefferson family material include letters between Jefferson and Joseph C. Cabell on hedges; inventories of the estates of Peter Jefferson and Jane Jefferson; the will of Peter Jefferson; and the will of Jane Randolph Jefferson which mentions apportionment of slaves. The diary of Martha Burke, 1878-1889, contains Burke genealogies and news of family and friends. With it are Burke's notebook listing Monticello relics and nursery songs sung by Martha Jefferson Randolph, a scrapbook of clippings, 1875, and a volume of tributes to Charlottesville Railroad director John Woolfolk Burke. Miscellaneous material includes a collection of riddles; 19th century German maps; an 1856 Fremont pamphlet; a marriage certificate for Thomas Jefferson Trist signed by Thomas Gallaudet and resolutions, 1890, adopted by the Pennsylvania Institute for the Deaf and Dumb eulogizing Trist; and newsclippings chiefly pertaining to Jefferson descendants and Monticello.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647834128 View