The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1925-07-02

III I'll for the reason that move
49, Inent is well under way to
restore his home at Char
lottesville, Va, and make 1t national
patriotic shrine
The memory of Jefferson deserves
well of his country. 1t was he who
made the draft of the Declaration of
independence he was the third Presi-
dent of the United States and his other
services were many and distinguished.
Jefferson was born April 10, 1743,
at Shadwell, Va. He died at Monticello
July 4. 1826-on the tiftieth anniver-
sary of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. So Independence day next year
will be the sesquicentennial of the
Declaration and the centennial of JEFF
ferson'S death.
Jefferson was graduated from VIII
Ham and Mary college In 1862 and was
admitted to the bar In 1857. He was
q member of the Continental congress,
1775-6, and signed the Declaration. In
1776 he was member of the legisla-
ture of Virginia and leader In impor-
tant legal reforms. He filled these
other positions: Governor of Virginia,
1873; member of congress, 1888; min
lister to France, 1784-9: secretary of
state, 1904; vice president, 1797-1801
President, 1801-9. He founded in 1919
the University of Virginia at Char
sottesville.
Monticello Is to be restored, so far
as possible, to the condition in which
At was left by Jefferson. This task
has been undertaken Jointly by the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
and the American Institute of Archi-
tects through Its committee on the
preservation of historic monuments
and scenic beauties. Prof. Fiske
Kimball, chairman of the architects
committee, hopes not only to restore
the lawns and gardens to Thomas JEFF
Persons period, but also to return to
the historic mansion much Of the fur
niture. The Foundation was estab-
lished on the one hundred and
eightieth anniversary of Jefferson,s
birth, April 13, 1923. The following
December the Foundation, by making
a payment of 100000. took legal title
TO the beautiful colonial mansion, the
estate consisting Of $40 acres of land
and priceless Jeffersonian relics.
When retiring from the Presidency,
Jefferson expected to be the Hermit
OF Monticello" but this was not to be.
A continuous stream of visitors came
TO the place. 1t was said at the time
that everyone IN the United States
of any enterprise sooner or later found
his way to this extraordinary her.
mitage." He himself wrote at one
time that IAN OK lasted only day or
So" Sometimes he had to prepare fifty
beds for night. His visitors ate him
out of house and home.
Then, on top of the gradual dwin-
ding of his resources, the prerevoIu-
tionary debt of his wifes estate be-
came due In England and nearly half
of his fortune was swept away at one
blow. An Endorsement for a friend
cost him $4,000. Finally he had to
sell his library and sold it to congress
for $23,95O
In order to avert the blow that was
pending, Jefferson petitioned the legis-
Iature for permission to dispose of his
property at fair valuation by lottery.
He said: "By this means can save
the Monticello house and a farm adj
joining, to end my days in and bury
MY bones If not. l must sell house,
and all here and carry my family to
Bedford, where have not even log
hut to put my head into" There was
some opposition In the legislature. but
the bill passed.