The Washington herald., 1913-02-02

.1nls taoiet Is Surmounted by a nle-slze
bust of Mr.. Adams by Greenough. The
vault and monument and tablet were
erected by John Quincy Eiams, who was
the sixth President of the United States
and who is buried in the same tomb.
in like casket and of similarly hewn
stone, and to whom a mural monu-
ment similar-to that erected by him
to his father was built by his son, the
Rev. c. F. Adams. This monument is
crowned by a bust of John Quincy
Adams by Powers. The inscriptions on
the monuments to the Adamses are of
that fine elegiac quality which distin-
guishes so many OF the most imposing
memorials in this country.
The grave of Jefferson is in a thick
forest growth near the road leading from
Charlottesville, Va, to Monticello, at a
spot selected by himself, and here the
grave was digged by Wormley, Mr.. JEFF
ferson's old servant, who survived his
master twenty-five years. Two monu-
ments have been erected to Mr.. Jeffer-
sons memory. The first consisted of a
coarse granite obelisk, in two parts.
eight feet high, resting upon a base three
feet square and from a design made by
jefferson. This monument was erected
in 1928 from granite quarried in Ver-
mont. Jefferson requested that 1t should
be made of Virginia granite. but Town
send, from whom the material for this
article was obtained, says that the Vir-
ginia granite could not be procured. In
1882 an appropriation was made by Con-
gress for the building OF new and
more stately memorial, which was placed
in position in 1855. This new monument
was built of granite quarried on the
James River, near Richmond. 1t is COM
posed of two blocks of stone. and is
eighteen feet in height. The burial plot,
or cemetery as it is called, is surrounded
by an iron railing The gate bears a
shield of the Stars and Stripes. The cost
to the government of the improvements
of JeffersOn's grave amounted to -.
On both monuments was the inscription
written by jefferson:
Here was buried
CThe inscription written by Jenersoh
was, Here lies buried'D
Thomas jefferson,
Author Of the Declaration OF American
Independence,
OF the Statute of Virginia
For Religious Freedom.
And Father or the
University of Virginia.
Jefferson Left Debts.
After the death Of MIR. jefferson MS
estate was found to be much involved III
debit. and was exposed for sale at puollc
auction when Monticello was bought by
Commodore Levy, of the United States
NAVY. for something like sle,o9, ana
from him il passed into the hands of his
nephew. Jefferson NJ Levy, OF New
York, by whom it is still possessed Inc
present owner is in no way related 10
Mr. Jefferson. Various efforts have been
made to ALLEVIATE the property from It's
present owner. One offer has been MADE
il is said, TO buy Monticello from Mr.
Levy for the sum of $4,000, which sum-
II has been further reported. Mr.. Thomas
+. Ryan was ready to supply. SugGes-
tions have been made that the place
should be acquired by the University oil
Virginia as the site for a great astro-
nomlcal observatory and as a farm for
the development of higher agriculture,
in which jefferson was greatly interested
but the owner has declared his unWhl-
ingness TO part with the property on any
terms Mr. Levy has restored the place
to yery much its original condition, and
has made many substantial improve
ments of the property without DESTROYING
any of its characteristic and artistic
features There is a very general desire
that it be made a public charge, so that
il might be preserved from any of the
hazards of individual ownership. Failing
to obtain possession of the place Tor
such purpose, it is suggested that the
remains of Mr. Jefferson be removed TO
Arlington Cemetery where they would
be under the perpetual care of the gov
ernment, which he did SO much to estab-
lish
1t was not until twenty-five years after
his death and burial at Montpelier, the
place which he owned in Orange County,
Va, that a monument, consisting of a
simple obelisk of seven massive pieces
of stone, twenty and half feet in
height, was erected over the grave OF
James Madison, the great expounder of
the Constitution. The only inscription
upon this monument, which was built by
private subscription, is: