The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-14
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president himself. The letter is as
follows:
PoPTAR FoRFST. Nov. 90. 1920.

POPLAR FOREST NOV. ~. 1oZo-
Dear Sir:I write this separate letter and
endorse il as private to prevent it being
opened by others in your absence. the
object of 1t ia to mention the import ance
which has been suggested TO me of procur-
ing board Of the literary fund before the
meeting the Legislature, and OF laying the
report Of the visitors before the latter body
on the End day of their session, if possible.
il is believed that, If presented before the
crowd of other business comes in they will
act on it Immediately; and before oppor-
tunites will have been obtained for cab
aling circulating false rumors and other
maneuvres by enemies of the institution.
Your zeal for the institution assures us OF
your efforts to give the report this adyan-
tage, and hope Gov. Clinton's display of
the gigantic exertions of n. York for the
education of its citizens will stimulate
tagging members to wipe off the reproach
of our neglect Of it.
need not write you news from Month
cello which you receive more directly.
The girls here are both well and pursuing
their studies with undisturbed industry,
they owe this much to the death and
sickness i'm our neighborhOod. l salute
you with affectionate attachment AMI res
pect. III JEFFERsoN'
Col. T. NJ. RANDOLPH.
The other paper writing signed
by Mr.. Jefferson is a notice to take
dispositions and is as follows:
MONTICELLO, Aug, %, 18l4.-Sir: In
the suit in chancery which L have insti-
tuted against you in the County Court OF
AIbemarlr for the purpose of perpetual
ting the testimony of certain witnesses
| in the bill named and under the author :
ity of commissions issued from the said
court, / intend to take the dispositions
Of the following to wit;
Craven Peyton and Richard Price ct
10 o'clock Of Thursday, the Sth of the
nsuing month of September at the taY-
ern OF John Watson, in Milton.
Dabney Carr, at u o'clock of Tuesday,
the 18th of the month of September, at
his dwelling house IN Winchester.
Elizabeth Henderson, at u o'clock
| Tuesday the 18th of October next, at her
dwelling house, in the neighborhOod of
Frankfort, in Kentucky.
James Lewis, at IL o'clock of Tuesday,
the 25th of the same month OF October, at
his dwelling house, in Franklin County,
| Tenisee All of which be pleased to re-
ceive this as notice for your attendance.
| Tn. JEFFERSON.
To Mr.. David Niche, Albermarle.
These papers will be valuable ac-
QUESTIONS to the Historical Society
of Tennessee. Anything from the
hand of the great and learned JEFF
ferson possesses peculiar interest to
American citizens and lovers of free
repub lIcan government the world
over. Mr.. Jefferson was cOnsider-
cred perhaps the most scholarly OF
all our presidents, and yet in the
foregoing papers he ignores the
grammatical rule that all sentences
should begin with a capital letter
He also spells Tennessee thus, TenI'
see.
The letter to Gov. Randolph DIS
closes his intense interest in secur-
ing an endowment by the Legisla-
ture of Virginia of the university of
Virginia, of which Mr.. Jefferson
was the founder, and suggests the
same difficulties that always occur
in obtaining favorable legislation
for any worthy object.
Politics and political management
and methods, it would seem, were
much the same then as now. But
we have no such leaders and pa
troits and statesmen as Mr.. Jeffer-
son in this day and generation.