The Washington herald., 1908-07-05
HOME OF FAMOUS MEN
Historic Associations of Charlottesville Va-Near By Is Mon
ticello the Home of Thomas Jefferson.

! Agricultural Society Of France. and life
/ membership.
"He also invented the rolltop carriage
and the revolving chair. 7 have HIS Office
| chair. the revolving table AT which he sat
/ and his cushioned sofa. which he used as
foot rest. The latter WAS under the
( table. and was pulled up on its rollers
/ when he wished f.
JeTersOn'S ROtunda.
Il have letter press copies Of Jefferson's
] correspondence with Nine. Conway. a
/ French artist Of note. and wife Of an even
more celebrated artist. They have never
/ been printed. Jeffersons house at Month
cello. which he designed, is a wonder IN
various ways. Most Of the buildings for
/ the university he designed and Stanford
! White who came down to design the new
/ buildings Of the university after the dis
/ astrous fire OF 1885, told me that Jeffer-
sons rotunda was the most harmonious
and beautiful thing in brick and mortar
| he had ever seen.
1T is remarkable the number Of emf
nent men and women who were born or
have dved and died within n radius OF our
! courthouse. OF Monticello and jefferson
| every one knows. To the east a few miles
on high hill stood a plain old-fashioned
| residence whore lived James Monroe.
/ President Of the United States. From its
! grounds a short two miles is the site Of
Blenheim. where lived Andrew Stevenson.
Speaker OF the United States Congress and
minister % the court Of St James. Across
/ the fields was the birthplace and burial
| place OF Thomas w. Gilmer. governor Of
Virginia, member Of Congress, and Secre-
! tary OF the Navy. Between the two homes
still stands the house Of Col Joshua Fry
| OF Washlngton's own regiment, over
whose grave that great man carved, The
Good. the Just. the Noble Fry The man
sion still stands IN which was born Ei-
ward Coles. first governor Of Illinois.
Looking from the eastern portico OF
Monticello, one can see Edge Hlu where
lived and died Thomas Mann Randolph.
governor Of Virginia. a few miles farther
north IS Castle Hul the home of the ex-
plorer, soldier. statesman, and man OF
affairs, Thomas Walker Jefferson's guard
ian and connection Of Washington. II
is fronted by the house IN which lived the
husband Of Or. Walkers granddaughter.
William G. Rives. orator and statesman,
and Minister to France
"On the hillside beyond the Rlvanna,
under Monticello. was born George Rog-
ers Clark, a soldier who helped TO con-
quer the Northwest Territory Follow the
Rivanna up nearer its source and you
come 70 the site Of the cabin where was
born Gen. Sumter. Of Revolutionary fame.
Montpelier. the home of James Madison.
Is a few miles farther north, and still
farther on toward Washington Is the site
CT the cabin where Zachary Taylor. sol
der Of the Mexican war and President Of
the United States. was born. About four
miles west Of Monticello lived William
West. Attorney General OF the United
States. Ivy is little hamlet seven miles
beyond the university; near it was born
MeriwetheT Lewis. who with Clark dis
covered the sources Of the Columbia"
Kosciusko's Will
The clerk OF Albemarle CouBty has sew
eral documents Of interest in his posses
sion. One is the will Of jefferson. written
by himself. Kosciusko's will Is here also.
in the same building. but in the custody
Of the clerk OF the Circuit Court. Koscl-
usko was the personal friend Of Jeffer-
son, and at one time spent nearly two
years with him. On leaving he wrote his
Will. as follows:
a. A""1N@us Apft4NNho ucluR Just on my doparture
from America. DO hereby declare and direct mat
should | make no other testamentary disposition Of
my property in the United States hereby authorize
my Trend. Thomas jefferson. 10 employ the whole
thereof IN purchasing negroes from among his own
G any others. and giving them liberty in my name
IN giving them cducatiou IN trade or otherwis.,
and IN having them instructed for their new coudi
ton in tho duties Of morality which may make tbcn
good neghblrs good fathers and mothers husbands
or wives and IN their duties as citizens teaching
them to be the defenders Of their liberty and coun
try. and OF the good order Of society and in what
Soeycr may mako them happy and useful: and
mako the sid Thomas jefferson M executor OF this
9Th day Of May. l7@ T. KOsCIUsKO.
Jefferson refused to take upon himself
the duties of executor according to the
Endorsement on the back Of the docu-
ment There was good reason WHY
Mr. Jefferson should have declined" said
The clerk 'kosciusko had no property in
America at the time OF his DEATH
Another document Is the parole of Earl