Jefferson, Randolph and Trist family papers, 1791-1874.

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Jefferson, Randolph and Trist family papers, 1791-1874.

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Jefferson items include a copy or draft of a customs declaration 1791 Feb. 28 about the importation of wine by Jefferson and a letter, 1824 May 4, James Michael O'Connor to Jefferson sending a book and commenting on the current election. The collection contains a commonplace book, 1825-1908, of Mary Jefferson Randolph and Martha Jefferson Trist Burke which contains an entry by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette. Also included is a letter of Elizabeth House Trist describing Lafayette's visit, five letters of Cornelia Jefferson Randolph to Virginia Jefferson Randolph Trist and Nicholas Philip Trist about her trip to Boston, manners of the Bostonians, life in the Coolidge house and Virginia's and Ellen Coolidge's babies. Other items include Trist's appointment as Acting Secretary of State by James K. Polk; a pamphlet containing the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed by the Citizens of New York at Their Meeting Held [1 May 1826] for the Relief of Mr. Jefferson; a copy of Trist's 1850 letter to Winfield Scott about his financial situation and claims against the government, and his misunderstandings with Polk. Further items include: The Last Days of Jefferson, by Thomas Jefferson Randolph, refuting Edmund Bacon's narrative on the same subject; a floor plan of Monticello drawn by Cornelia J. Randolph and her sketch of a column at Monticello; a bread pudding recipe of Martha Jefferson Randolph; a list of linens at Monticello; a child's note; and the words of two songs.

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Monticello (Va.)

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Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette was born at Chavaniac, Auvergne, in 1757, to an old, illustrious family of the provincial and military nobility. He lost both his parents early: his father was killed by the British at the Battle of Minden when Lafayette was two years old (1759), and when he was thirteen and attending the prestigious Collège de Plessis in Paris both his mother and grandfather died (1770). The latter's death left Lafayette with a si...

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866

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Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786 – May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early stages of the American Civil War, and various conflicts with Native Americans. Scott was the Whig Party's presidential nominee in the 1852 presidential election, but was defeated by Democrat Franklin Pierce. He was known as Old Fuss and Feathers for his insi...

Randolph, Thomas Jefferson, 1792-1875

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Bacon, Edmund, 1785-

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Overseer at Monticello. From the description of Memoranda book of Edmund Bacon [manuscript], 1802-1822. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807746 ...

O'Connor, James Michael,

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Randolph, Cornelia J. (Cornelia Jefferson), 1799-1871

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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849

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James Knox Polk followed a career path which was blazed by Andrew Jackson. Both men hailed from southwestern North Carolina. Both migrated to Tennessee, where they practiced law and entered politics, and both were elected president of the United States. As similar as their paths were, James Polk was a different personality from his fiery predecessor. His life and career were marked by a relentless pursuit of his goals instead of the dramatic aura that perpetually surrounded Jackson. The effect...

Trist, Virginia Jefferson Randolph, 1801-1882

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Randolph, Mary Jefferson, 1803-1876

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Burke, Martha Jefferson Trist, 1826-1915

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Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph, 1796-1876

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Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Correspondence of Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, 1810-1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51207509 ...

Trist, Elizabeth House, -1828

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Trist, Nicholas Philip, 1800-1874

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U. S. diplomat; grandson-in-law of Thomas Jeferson. From the description of N. P. Trist letter to Henry Carey [manuscript] 1869 Apr. 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647946227 Nicholas Philip Trist attended West Point; was a Louisiana planter, 1821-1824; U.S. State Department clerk, 1828-1834; consul to Havana, Cuba, 1834-1840; State Department chief clerk, 1845-1847; and chief negotiator of the treaty ending the Mexican War, 1847. He was also a lawyer and pa...

Coolidge, Joseph, 1798-1879

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