The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-16

rived on the spot, and inquired what was the
trouble. After informing him that he was
a day after the fais, left the vicinity"
q RAxDALL's LHFR or JEFFERSON.
"a A distinguished American writer, in a
recent letter to the Buffalo Commercial Ad.
yertiser, speaks Of the labors of the Hon.
H. s. Randall, LII. D., and formerly Sec
retary OF State and Superintendent Of Pub
lie instruction, in his forthcoming life Of
Thomas jefferson. 1t is well known among
all the literary circles of the United States,
that MIR. Randall has been engaged for
years upon his great enterprise, and the fol-
lowing, from the letter alluded TO, will give
some idea not only Of the interest Of the
work, but of the patient and able manner
in which this truly national task has been
performed: .ss.-. e@4G -
s'His industry in collecting materials has
been remarkably successful. Piles OF books
lay stacked up in every corner Of the Ii.
.brary, TO give.up the shelves TO authorities.
But it is in the original department that MS
success has been most peculiar. The libra
ry is perfect magazine of personal me-
mentoes Of Mr.. Jefferson, manuscripts, pic
lures, views of Monticello, ground plans of
its illustrious owner, personal relics, and
things not to be classed. Here was list OF
the texts in sJefferson's Bihle,' drawn mp for
publication; here was the pocket-book re-
ferred to in the ssNotes of Virginia. for the
original copy Of Logan's speech, there q
neat drawing of Jefersons plough Of least
resistance, with specifications for construc.
ton; here locks1s of his hair, there his Ms.
copies of fayorite songs and ballads; snd 50
on od i.tinitun. s.f -l.y. f.sev. ..s s.,,zs.
Sand SO queer collection Of tables, kept
by one man, surely never was heard off,
There are tables Of his annual and monthly
expenses as private man and as President;
OF his receipts a. q lawyer; Of his ohserva-
tions in various departments Of science and
natural history; of his farming and garden
ing operations; of the births, deaths, oecu-
pations, &C., of his slaves; of the slaves,
horses, and farm produce carried OF, butch
cred and DESTROYED by CORVALLIS; OF his
nail making, of his manufactures OF domes.
tic woollens and linens; of his milling; Of
his smithing and coopsrina; Of distances be-
tween this place and that, asceriasneu BY
pedometer attached to his person, or an
equivalent machine registering the rotations
of carriage wheel; and OF innunerable
olher th:Ags. .gs t.5.g s#f g9 Visa. .ss.
ssYou VIII Judge of the minutcnass Of his
observations in natural history, when ten
you that among the tables in that depart.
ment, there Is one giving the average earli-
est and latest appearance OF all the vegeta-
blss, (perhaps thirty kinds.) sold in the
Washington market, during the entire eight
years Of his presidency. @ l% s..sF'
ssMost Of the original collection Of facts
on which these cancellations were made,
are also in Mr.. Randallis possess: ON. Tbs
minutest accounts you ever saw OF expenses
and receipts, things and kind always Civ
en:) his register as a lawyer, giving an ac-
count OF all his cases; his daily observations
in sciencs; ); his farm and garden books; his
detailed exh. bits in all the manufacturing
branches, and the memoranda Of journeys,
&c. &c. These drawn up in MIR. Jsffst-
sons formally handsome handwriting, and
all eabog ately ind sxed by him, extend oycl
spac, Of from twenty TO ifty years. .s
'sTo my wondering inquiry why none Of
these things mad ever coma to lighs, Mr..
Randall informed me that nearly or quite
all Of these volumes and manuscfipts--ans
have enumerated but small portion Of
them--were found by Mr.. JaHerson's fami
", in 1851. in dark and entirely sorgot, er
receptacle, where they had lilin uce Mr
| Jcffsrson's death. At, or not long after
that time, they were doubtless removed td
E., amongst the aid cast aside account
books and othsT trumpery Of closet ,con'
neetei with Mr.. Jeferson's bedroom. You
will remember it above the alcoye, with i'll
two-eye like'holes opening intosthe bed
room The lower tier of these papers hal
renamed undisturbed and forgotten time ou'
of mind. g Randall thinks it impossible tha'
Mr.. Jefferson remembered Their existence
when hs wrote his own antob!osraphica
memoir. In proof Of this, Randall showed
me several us. volumes written BY Mr. JET
fsrson's father, and pointed out facts il
them, which |, too, am well satisfied no SOL
would ever have omitted IN giving the mos
m .agre account OF his family. 2
$50 much Tor what may be termed tn
ph sical department. Now for the esoteri'
ons. And ! pray you mark my string o.
specification forits bea ing on point whe,
think Randall all right aud you ill wrong
lie has Mr.. JeEesson's family correspond
snce, comprising three hundred or more let
ters, written to bis two daughters, from
their childhood down to the death Of th'
youngest, Mrs. Eppes. He has every ex
tant letter Mr.. jefferson ever wrote the lat
ter; his private letters to her husband, job,
W. Eppes; quantity addressed to Mr.
Eppes, Sr., (who was his hrother.in.law,
running bacx to It's, and portion OF thos'
written from Congress in in l776, befor,
the Declaration Of Independence Was de-
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