The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-29
SALE OF THE ESTATE
OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
An Interesting Old Newspa-
per Clipping and the Tale
Which 1t Tells of The Past
(By j. Nj. PICKEI.l

iioiiauay. president in its first wears
OF the North Carolina College OF Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts can,a
into possession of an interesting old
Clipping 1826)-the exc
Tu.or advertisement Of The sale Of
homaS JeffersOn's estate.
AS was we'll known to his friends
DOCTOR Holiday was a lifelong arr
ana D~ook-iover and collector. in CON
Stant touch with old boOkshons in tbis
county and Europe. His
however, were modest; and he left
oenlnd him a mentionable but MOI
large collection. His library
only some three or four Thousand
Volumes, but in it were. to usa h;c
own language many rare and vain
apie DOCKS the rareSt, doubtless he
ING an old copy of Captain John
Smiths Historic Of Virginia
New England and the Summer Isles"
HIS collection OF paintings. eighty to
a small and large. embraced
portraits, landscapes. marine views
nj most valuable of all. a madonna
and child by Palma Vechio. once the
property OF Cardinal F'esch in Rome.
Ihere were also several fine old en-
cravings: one. 1.-The CruCifixion. dat
ing back to the middle of. the sixteenth
century. Another. engraved by James
HOgg and published in 1893, depicts
with great delicacy, beauty and feel
ing, this stanZa from a ballad in Ham
let:
II is dead and gone. lady.
He is dead and gone:
Al ms head a green gr;ess-turf.
At his heels a Stone.'t
But Of greater interest thar the
above are two e~ngravings which Doc
tor Holiday described, or identified
as the W fine original engrayings
from Boydelis Shakespeare y : i. in
the original frames = understood
to have been the property of President
JEFFERSON. These c~ngravines were
published in mi in 1874 and 1896.
and depict scenes in Tanning of the
Schrcw and Midsummer NIGHTS
Dream, respectively. They are Of a
Kline in keeping with the art treasures
with which Jefferson filled MnOticello:
but what reason Doctor Holiday had
for thinking them to have belonged to
Mr.. jefferson, l do not know. They
bear no marks decisive of this point:
but on h back Of each is pasted the
executors advertisement OF the sale Of
Jef1erSOn'S estate, the print very fine.
much defaced and decipherable, if at
all, with difficulty. Fortunately, whilst
trying to read them. l learned that one
Of my children had. sometime pre-
viOuSly. picked up from the floor
' AN = - ldu
been packed) a little old newspap
clipping and thrown it aside, as Of no
particular value, On a shelf. Fortu-
nately, this clipping was found to be
still on the shelf. 1t proved to be
identical with the two on the back of
the ~engravings. Small. 2 SIS by IL
inches, yellowed by age. it is still in
good state OF preservation an deaSily
legible. 1t had doubtless slipped from
between the leaves Of an old book. I
tranScribe it below:
Executors Sale"
VIII be sold on the premises. on
the first day of January. 1927, that
well-known and valuable estate called
Poplar Forest, lying in the counties of
Bedford and Campbell. the property
of Thomas Jefferson. dec. within
eight miles of Lynchburg and three OF
New london. also about 10 likely and
valuable negroes. with stock, crops.
etc. The terms of sale will be accom-
mOdating and made known previous
to the day.
"On the fifteenth Of January. at
Monticello. in the county Of Alder
marie: the whole Of the residence OF
the personal property of hOnas JET
ferson. dec. consisting Of 80 valuable
negroes, stock. cro etc, household
and kitchen furniture. The attention
Of the public is earnestly invited to
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lieved to be the most for
their number ever offered at one time
in the State Of Virginia The house
hold furniture. many valuable histor-
ical and portrait paintings. busts Of
marble and plaster OF distinguished
individuals: one OF marble Of Thomas
jefferson. by CAracci. with pedestal
and truncAted columR on which 1T
stands: a poiygraph or copying instru-
ment used by Thomas JEFFERSON for
he last twenty-five years: with various
other articles curious and useful 10
men Of business and private families.
The terms Of sale viii be accoMmo0at-
ing and made known previous to the
day. The safe viii be continued from
day to day uRtA completed These
sales being unavoidable. it is a SUI
icient guarantee to h public that
they viii AXE place at the time and
and place appointed.
THOMAS J. RANDOLPH.
Executor OF Thos. Jefferson. dec.