The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28
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AT law NJ William and Mary College, was
ieicitating himself upon an introd uction To
the acquaintance and familiar table of GOV.
fauquier. the ablest man who ever filled that
once. With him and At his table DR.. Small and
Mr.. Wythe. his dmtcf omnium horarun and
myself. formed . partie g~rlarrse, and 20 the
habitual conversation OH these occasions I
owe much Instruction" Years after this JEFF.
ferson wrote 70 hi. gransdon at school: II
had the good fortune 10 become acquainted
very early with some characters OF very high
standing. and 70 feel the incessAnt wish that
i could ever become what iheJ were. Under
Temptation and dinicul. LES I would ask
myself. What would DR.. Small. Mr.. wythe.
Peyton RAndoloh. do ia this situationy What
course IN IL ~ti insure me their appreciation
am certain that this mode Of deciding on my
conduct tended more to correctness than .nv
reasoning powers | possessed"
1t has.freauently been charged that I, IN.
free-thinkinR doctrines Of the genial Eau ,uier
jefferson owed also his unsettled OF MON, on
religious subjects. but there was little OF the
free thinker In the father who, under the
crushing sorrow Of the death Of a beloved
child Mrs. Eppesl, could go frat to the Bible
Tor consolation. Certain Il IL that Fauouier's
rare for high play. that had cost him the los.
or his pairimony in a single night OF cards ,r.
fore leaving England for Virginia.. did not i'm
press itself upon his young disciple. Mr.. JEFF
ferson knew nothing and cared less about
cards, refusing TO allow them to be handled
4 in his house.
DR.. Small. q learned and amiahle Scotch
man. wasa professor In William and Mary
College. George wythe. the lawyer. the fourth
OF the pdrtfe qudrree, Afterward ''one Of the
siHners." was called ny jefferson the honor
OF his own and the model Of future time..-
o! the three bensfciAries OF the grant, John
HArmsr and Walter King we're British sub
1ects. whose lands were essheated during the
Revolution. but = certain restitution was made
TO them BY acts Of Assembly in Nav and o.
tober. 1850. Thomas Mann Rat dolph Of Tuck.
ah"e had been, asA lad. the ward Of Thomas
Jeierson's father. He was the sou Of Peter
Jeherson's most intimate friend. William Ran.
dolph. descended from the emigrant William
CT Turkey Island, and one Of q family OF son,
20 numerous that 1t WAS found necessary TO
distinguish them BY the names Of their home
steAds. q fashion noticeable In virginia reo-
ords. Jeferson's maternal grandfather had
been lshAm Randolph of Dungeness; Their,
was. therefore, relationship between aim ana
his fathers ward. Later on. the son and name
sakts OF this Thomas Mann Randolph married
Jefferson's eldest daughter and cherished COM
panion. Martha.
Jefferson had sp@nt part OF his early boy.
hood at Tuskaloe oa the James River. n hne
toLse stll in existence about fourteen miles
west OF Richmond. which has not parted with
the traditions inseparahle from an old yir-
ginia mansion. including n bed slept In by
Gen. Washington, a per mbulating rhos, who
VT ngs his hands before cock crow. and sta.
bles where a STUD OF thoroughbred horses con.
sumed annually "a thousand barrels of corn--
Near the flower garden. with its box edged
walks, stands n little brick building STYLED the
schoolhouse. wherein studied together Thomas
Jefferson and Thomas Mann Randolph. the
boy heir OF the estate. 10 which his guardian.
Peter Jefferson, hAd repNoVed with his family
the better 10 watch over his orphaned charge.
This Thomas Mann Randolph married, first.
Anne, daughter OF Archibald Cary OF Amp,-
hill. the fiery patriot Of the Revolution known
by the sobriquet OF old Iron" The oldest
son OF this marriage became MI. JeIersop's
son-in.law. Very late in life Col. Randolph
solaced his wido rerhood by taking to wife n
beautiful young girl In her teens. Miss Gahri-
ella HArvie OF Richmond. an event that soon
scattered from her husbands home the chill
dren OF his fret marriage. One might 70 far
without finding advice 40 kind. 80 temperate.
in such exquisite sympS thy with the dificul.
ties of poor human nature in families OF diverse
elements, as that OF the letter written By Mr..
jefferson 10 his daughter upon the subject OF
THIS marriage OF her father-ip- law in 1890.
An odd outcome OF the muoh-diseussed nup-
tiAls WAS that the new Mrs. Rand lph, impe-
riously ignoring the fact that her Oldest step
son was already in possession OF the name. be-
slowed upon her own son also hls fathers
name Of Thomas Mann Randolph. From this
hiEh-spiritod and captivating MrA. GabriellA
Randolph descended the Misses Ella and Emily
Chapman OF Philadelphia, married respectively
70 the Marquis Louis de Podestad and Prime
PiGnatelH d'ArRron.
Gov. FHuGuier died In 1858. and his tempo
rAry successor WAS John Blair. President OF the
Virginia Council. from whom We ind here q
Letter. under date of thai year. addressed to
Robert Carter Nicholas:
heed. June I~oth.l76s OF John Tyler Jun. the ou,tt.
reuu OF 400 acres Of Land In Buckingham COUNTY
belonging 20 Milling,on EASeiy beiag from 1881 20
i7os inclusive. Amounting TO E7ls.
DEAH SIR. ] am much Obliged 70 you for remind.
inc OF The Business OF To-day. ] SEND You mere Win.
ny two Accounts. ! don't know whstnsr ! nave